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02/11/2021
To encourage the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, the Nigerian Government, with support from the WHO, leveraged the polio vaccination campaign by integrating the COVID-19 vaccination.
27/10/2021
While tremendous progress has been made in the fight against polio, wild poliovirus remains endemic to two countries and the threat of cVDPV outbreaks continues to loom.
25/10/2021
The last detected case of polio in the Region of the Americas was in 1991. This year we celebrate 30 years without the disease! But what does 30 years without polio really mean?
19/10/2021
For a few incredible eradicators, a life’s purpose doesn’t stop at retirement
19/10/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2021
18/10/2021
WHO and UNICEF welcome the decision by the Taliban leadership supporting the resumption of nationwide polio vaccination across Afghanistan.
13/10/2021
Virus isolated from Rivne province in north-west of country
10/10/2021
The recommendation further advances nOPV2 as a critical new tool in the fight against circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2)
29/09/2021
More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.
14/09/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021
14/09/2021
GPEI joins the 5-year action journey to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality
07/09/2021
07 September 2021
27/08/2021
Three polio survivors from Mozambique, Congo and Ethiopia share their experiences of living with the effects of disease, and their hope for a polio-free world.
27/08/2021
Learn how the type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) is being rolled out across Africa to help more sustainably address outbreaks of a non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, and protect children across the continent.
27/08/2021
Despite success against wild polio in the African region, outbreaks of the non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, continue. With continued country commitment to eradication, a future where no child in Africa is paralysed by the virus is possible.
