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28/02/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for January 2018
21/02/2018
In at-risk areas of Chad, large-scale polio campaigns are increasing the immunity of every child.
20/02/2018
The strong polio eradication infrastructure in Borno is supporting Nigeria to vaccinate over eight million people against yellow fever.
16/02/2018
Polio can’t be cured, but it can be prevented. Two important tools help to prevent polio – two safe, effective vaccines. Find out about the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine and their roles in the polio eradication effort.
16/02/2018
In Afghanistan, frontline health workers explain to parents why the polio vaccine must be delivered multiple times
15/02/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2018
12/02/2018
The polio surveillance system is finding the virus in the most challenging areas so that children can be protected and polio stopped for good.
09/02/2018
Sudan is on guard against polio, despite no case in eight years
02/02/2018
Mohammed Mohammedi, country support officer for the Eastern Mediterranean region, speaks to us about the main challenges facing countries and communities which are at risk of re-infection.
02/02/2018
Hans Everts, long time polio eradicator, shares personal stories from the frontline of outbreak response, and explains how the lessons learned during polio eradication will benefit health programmes in the future.
29/01/2018
Member states and partners discussed how to keep the world polio free after eradication in Geneva
24/01/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for December 2017
22/01/2018
Afghanistan’s surveillance system is the strongest it’s ever been, says country experts
22/01/2018
Over the critical ‘low transmission season’, Pakistan’s polio programme is working feverishly to identify and vaccinate every high-risk mobile child
22/01/2018
Women are critical in the drive to eradicate polio in Afghanistan. In one of the final strongholds of the polio virus, vaccination coverage is improving as female vaccinators have more access to children.
