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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.
18/03/2021
Hira’s story epitomizes the heroic contribution of women polio workers in Afghanistan who continue building trust in vaccines among parents and caregivers in the quest to immunize every last child and end polio.
16/03/2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for January 2021
13/03/2021
To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), a modified vaccine, known as novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) is now being rolled out.
07/03/2021
Spanish Foreign Minister reflects on the role of women in polio eradication after her visit to Chad
05/03/2021
By asking polio eradicators to “put on their gender glasses”, Heather Monnet is a driving force behind the GPEI gender strategy.
24/02/2021
As we approach International Women’s Day, GPEI honours two women without whom we would not be where we are
