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08/02/2012
'Permanent’ polio vaccination teams
In efforts to find new ways to reach children that live in areas plagued by insecurity, Afghanistan is preparing to send out Permanent Polio Vaccination Teams. These teams are formed by members of local communities...
01/02/2012
Appeals to OIC countries for funding and leadership to ensure polio will be eradicated
01/02/2012
EB declares polio 'programmatic emergency for global public health'
23 January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Convening last week at the World Health Organization (WHO), global health leaders expressed concern at ongoing polio transmission in t...
26/01/2012
In his annual letter, Bill Gates writes of his confidence that the world can overcome challenges and eradicate polio
25 January 2012 - Every year, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes a letter outlining the foundatio...
25/01/2012
Oscar-nominated documentary provides reminder of the effort required to eradicate polio
23 January 2012 - In 2009, a short documentary was released that highlighted the dedication and perseverance of India’s four-million-strong army of polio eradicati...
24/01/2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded its prestigious Vaccine Innovation Award to polio consultant Dr Asm Amjad Hossain
Dr Hossain, originally from Bangladesh and currently based in Nigeria supporting the country's polio eradication effort...
20/01/2012
Bob Keegan's leadership and energy continue to inspire
An inspiring mentor to many in the polio eradication effort passed away this week. Bob Keegan, former deputy director of the Global Immunization Division at the US Centers for Disease Control and...
12/01/2012
Critical need to maintain immunity to poliovirus in India until global eradication achieved.
Global polio eradication partners today congratulated India for passing a year without polio, for the first time in history.
Central and state governments...
12/01/2012
Safe, effective and affordable Sabin IPV
As part of efforts to prepare for the polio post-eradication era, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have facilitated the development of a new polio vaccine technology and will start soon the tran...
12/01/2012
Rotary International News – Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication.
03/01/2012
Polio survivor inspires support for ending the disease
Ten days before his 21st birthday, David Goldstone lay in a hospital bed near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, his arms and legs paralyzed by polio, his body gripped by fever and in terrible pain....
16/12/2011
Polio vaccination campaigns in Niger
Niamey, 16 December – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has contributed US$ 1,588,000 to UNICEF Niger to support polio eradication. The grant is part of a total contribution of US$ 10 million to UNICEF to purchase OPV for...
