News Stories
02/06/2015
The polio surveillance cycle begins with a child whose life has been devastated by paralysis, but will end with generations of children free from the threat of polio.
22/05/2015
Ministers of health from around the world attending this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted a landmark resolution to secure a lasting world free of all polio-disease once and for all
13/05/2015
As Liberia moves towards recovery after the Ebola outbreak, routine immunization is able to protect children once again after a year without services
05/05/2015
Nepal polio infrastructure aids in emergency relief effort following devastating earthquake
29/04/2015
Meet the individuals behind the IPV introduction in Bangladesh.
24/04/2015
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative and routine immunization systems work hand in hand to reduce the immunization gap and protect more children against vaccine-preventable diseases
23/04/2015
Among UNICEF colleagues killed in an attack on a UN convoy were two polio heroes
21/04/2015
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization assesses progress towards the withdrawal of oral polio vaccine type 2
02/04/2015
The launch of IPV in Bangladesh demonstrates what can be achieved through strong integration of polio eradication and routine immunization
31/03/2015
Frontline health workers are vaccinating children and changing attitudes family by family in the most hard to reach areas of Pakistan
20/03/2015
April marks the 60th anniversary of the announcement that Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was safe and effective; his work is playing a more important role than ever in securing a polio-free future
12/03/2015
At the start of 2015, global and regional bodies have been meeting to evaluate progress and establish strategies for the coming year.
06/03/2015
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women at the heart of polio eradication
27/02/2015
Read more on the work of Dr Singh and Dr Kumar here. Surveillance experts from India are working to strengthen the Ebola outbreak response in Sierra Leone
26/02/2015
This month, Nigeria became the first polio endemic country to use inactivated polio vaccine in routine systems.
