News Stories
23/06/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for April 2021
23/06/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2021
15/06/2021
Value of polio infrastructure in COVID-19 support continues to be highlighted
10/06/2021
Support critical ahead of launch of new strategic plan
10/06/2021
Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks
01/06/2021
New strategy sets out roadmap for polio-free world amid COVID-19
31/05/2021
In the middle of a devastating pandemic with no end in sight, a glimmer of hope came in August 2020, on the day the African Region was officially declared free of wild poliovirus.
25/05/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2021
25/05/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for March 2021
28/04/2021
On Ellyn Ogden’s desk sits a decades old coffee mug. It has a special significance for the woman who has led polio eradication for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) since 1997. On the mug, are ten women, the Ladies in Polio, who at th...
23/04/2021
The Principality of Monaco has long been a dedicated supporter of the effort to eradicate polio, and is the highest per capita contributor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
14/04/2021
Somalia’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) has been successfully stopped, with no international spread
01/04/2021
Polio survivor Mujahid Miran recalls the challenges of growing up with disabilities, and how his own experiences led to his commitment to creating awareness on the virus
23/03/2021
On Tuesday 16 March, the effort to eradicate polio got a major push from a new backer: the just-inaugurated Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks.
