News Stories
06/03/2023
Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023
27/02/2023
This report describes the initiatives implemented by four CSOs supported by the UN Foundation to enhance polio transition and integration efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Sudan.
23/02/2023
Senior representatives from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today commended the Government of Mozambique for its ongoing polio response efforts to ensure that every child is protected from the devastating impacts of the virus.
17/02/2023
A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of WPV1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated against the virus, with over 80 million vaccine doses administered over the past year
14/02/2023
Rosemary Mukui Nzunza, the head of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Centre for Virus Research, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, shares her story of pursuing a career in science
02/02/2023
At WHO Executive Board, experts discuss concrete ways to tackle last remaining polio strong-holds
30/01/2023
Integrating polio eradication expertise and infrastructure is critical to keep Syria polio-free, strengthen essential immunization and detect and respond to future disease outbreaks.
25/01/2023
This snapshot shows all polio events and outbreaks that occurred/were ongoing in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region (EMR) in 2022
24/01/2023
Polio programme must keep clear focus in 2023 on adapting operations amid broader humanitarian emergencies
16/01/2023
This is the target year for interrupting all remaining poliovirus transmission globally, both in the remaining endemic countries and in outbreak settings.
12/01/2023
Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India and what lessons we can take from this to address the final challenges for achieving eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
03/01/2023
When a mother brought her young son to a clinic in Paghman, a town not far from the Afghan capital Kabul, Spogmai, a nurse on duty at the time, paid special attention.
