News Stories
20/11/2017
On World Children’s Day we look at how the polio eradication programme contributes to ensuring children receive vital vaccines against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.
16/11/2017
With families on the move posing one of the biggest challenges to eradication in Pakistan, an innovative campaign is vaccinating children on trains.
15/11/2017
A new approach is improving Sudan’s ability to identify the poliovirus and remain polio-free, despite challenges.
14/11/2017
Italy’s contribution supports efforts to vaccinate every last child against polio in the only two countries reporting cases of the disease in 2017.
08/11/2017
Community health workers responding to humanitarian crisis in Nigeria are helping to stop polio and malaria hand in hand.
07/11/2017
High level support from Ministers of Health is critical to ensure polio eradication success.
06/11/2017
Abdullah Khalid is one of the hardworking vaccinators making sure that even children on the move are protected against polio.
03/11/2017
Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio Eradication at the World Health Organization, spoke to Gavi about the difficulties in vaccinating every child and what the success of the polio eradication programme means for our work to tackle other diseases.
30/10/2017
Polio eradicators in cities worldwide are overcoming unique challenges to stop the virus and reach every child with vaccines.
27/10/2017
A youth circus group is encouraging vaccination and providing education in an innovative and engaging way
27/10/2017
Harvard University hosts an online forum to examine how social data is helping the polio programme reach the last child.
24/10/2017
Rotary and the Gates Foundation host fifth annual World Polio Day to highlight progress in the fight to eradicate the disease
24/10/2017
This World Polio Day provides an opportunity to reflect on a year of progress towards a polio-free world.
20/10/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2017
11/10/2017
National authorities for containment encouraged to initiate first steps in containment certification process
