News Stories
24/10/2013
Urgent response currently planned across the country
24/10/2013
Revisiting the country’s model outbreak response on the second anniversary of their last case of polio
24/10/2013
Events worldwide mark World Polio Day, as efforts to eradicate the disease intensify
30/09/2013
Statement by heads of agencies of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
27/09/2013
Three suspected WPV1 cases currently being investigated in South Sudan.
25/09/2013
KOFIH takes part in Nigerian Rapid Surveillance Assessment
25 September 2013 - The Nigeria Polio Eradication Initiative has been supported in 2013 by the Korean Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), a specialized organization under the Sout...
20/09/2013
Environmental surveillance continues to detect virus
The polio virus was detected in the country's sewage system this year, triggering a mass immunisation campaign.
Courtesy of EPA/Guardian
Israel is currently vaccinating all childre...
02/09/2013
Nigerian polio survivors share their stories with reluctant parents
One of Ms Usman’s fellow polio survivors, Fatima Aliyu, vaccinates a child against polio in Nigeria’s Sokoto State.
UNICEF
2 September 2013 – Karima Usman, a 38-year-o...
01/09/2013
Helping keep surveillance top-notch
Although no one has been paralyzed, wild poliovirus is being detected in sewage in Israel, and samples have also tested positive recently in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Given that excellent environmental...
30/08/2013
Dr Elias Durry receives CDC’s William C. Watson Jr. Medal of Excellence
Elias Durry is a well-known and well-loved veteran of the global polio eradication effort. Currently coordinating the World Health Organization’s support to Pakistan’s...
31/07/2013
Despite the outbreak, the end of polio remains in sight
31 July 2013- A polio-free world is closer than ever to becoming a reality, despite the current outbreak affecting the Horn of Africa which, as of today, has paralysed 105 children.
Reading the ne...
31/07/2013
Ali Maow Maalin, smallpox survivor and Somali polio eradication champion, passes away.
Ali Maow Maalin, recently described as being one of the “true heroes” of polio eradication, passed away on 22 July in his home district of Merka, Somalia, due to su...
22/07/2013
Polio eradication to be featured as an example of the progress being achieved in the broader campaign to end extreme poverty.
19/07/2013
Outlining the ideal response from both affected countries and the international organisations that support them
12/07/2013
DRC prepares for mass polio vaccination campaign, de-worming, administration of Vitamin A and registering births
