21 March 2023
Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, is on a brief tour of London. Speaking at the House of Commons she said that Rot...
On Tuesday 28 February 2023, ministers and high-level delegates from across the Eastern Mediterranean Region participated in the...
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In the polio eradication programme, women are forces to be reckoned with. They play important and integral roles at all levels o...
At the workshops, women health workers were the chief guests while everyone else had one job: to listen.
Polio this week as of 22 March 2023 Headlines: Wishing a blessed holy month of Ramadan to our friends and colleagues around the world. Ramadan Kareem! Sudan’s response to the 2023 polio outbreak showcases coordination. More. The Strateg...
Read MoreA map showing the latest number of WPV1 and cVDPV cases in each affected country
Read MorePolio remains endemic in two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all countries remain at risk of importation of polio, especially vulnerable countries with weak public health and immunization services and travel or trade links to endemic countries.
Read MoreThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six core partners - the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.
Read MoreThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is financed by a wide range of public and private donors, who help meet the costs of the Initiative’s eradication activities. The requirements for 2019-2023 are projected to be approximately US$ 4.2 billion.
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