News Stories
23/05/2017
Polio staff in Nigeria have contributed emergency response expertise in Sokoto State
22/05/2017
Health Ministers of the Group of Twenty have emphasized the importance of polio eradication and transition planning efforts at their inaugural meeting in Berlin, Germany
04/05/2017
Pakistan’s polio surveillance network provides a silent force behind eradication efforts
03/05/2017
Parents, community leaders and students are hunting down the poliovirus in inaccessible areas in Somalia
28/04/2017
It takes a village to raise a child - and to protect them from polio.
27/04/2017
Traditional leaders are taking action to get more children vaccinated and to rid northern Nigeria of polio, once-and-for-all.
25/04/2017
In a remote corner of northern Nigeria, 95% of children are being reached with the polio vaccine.
24/04/2017
Polio eradication efforts closer than ever to likely triumph – making it more important than ever to finish the job, says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director General.
29/03/2017
The growing role of environmental surveillance in the drive to eradicate polio
27/03/2017
Countries have destroyed or plan to securely retain poliovirus type 2
23/03/2017
116 million children to be immunized from coast to coast across the continent, as regional emergency outbreak response intensifies
07/03/2017
Polio immunization activities are empowering over 200 000 disadvantaged women in Nigeria.
03/03/2017
GPEI is seeking research proposals to accelerate polio eradication
02/03/2017
Afghanistan steps up surveillance to accelerate polio eradication