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14/08/2017
It’s been 3 years since Somalia saw its last case of wild poliovirus. While this is a cause for celebration, it’s also a call for continued vigilance.
07/08/2017
Karachi’s Khalida - forging a path to trust in vaccines
04/08/2017
New funding from the UK for polio eradication will immunize up to 45 million children a year against polio.
19/07/2017
With five national campaigns since October 2016, Pakistan is well positioned to face the challenges ahead.
17/07/2017
Saudi Arabia has issued health requirements for travellers during the Hajj season
10/07/2017
Leaders of the Group of Twenty commit to complete polio eradication
28/06/2017
The Korea Foundation for International Healthcare is supporting efforts to improve surveillance in one of the last remaining strongholds of the poliovirus.
28/06/2017
Ambassador Carole Lanteri hands over to Ambassador Mitsuko Shino as co-chair of the Polio Partners Group, as countries and partners come together to discuss progress towards polio eradication
27/06/2017
A short chat with Dr Ousmane Diop, Coordinator of the Global Polio Laboratory Network, on innovative ways to track and find polioviruses through disease surveillance.
27/06/2017
GPEI offers sincere thanks for her ten-year leadership, which brought the world to the threshold of being polio-free.
21/06/2017
Important lessons on stopping the poliovirus in the most challenging locations are moving the polio eradication programme closer to the finishing line.
12/06/2017
Countries and partners pledge US$ 1.2 billion to protect 450 million children from polio every year
09/06/2017
Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio at WHO, talks to us about vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) and how WHO is working to stop the recent outbreak in Syria.
08/06/2017
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak has been confirmed in Deir-Ez-Zor Governorate
