News Stories
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
24/02/2017
Researchers have taken one step closer to poliovirus-free vaccine production
21/02/2017
A €70 million EU grant will support polio eradication and efforts and health systems strengthening in Nigeria
17/02/2017
New funding will contribute to emergency efforts in Nigeria and Lake Chad Region to prevent further spread of polio and stop the outbreak for good
14/02/2017
Bill and Melinda Gates have released their Annual Letter, highlighting how close polio eradication is to achieving its goal.
