22 June 2022
Medical doctors and religious teachers play a crucial role in building trust and convincing families to vaccinate their children...
New report provides evidence on role of polio workforce in COVID-19 vaccine rollout and essential immunization, and makes the ca...
Sports stars unite for the world’s biggest celebrity football match to raise support toward polio eradication.
World Health Assembly challenged to take urgent action before window of opportunity closes to eradicate polio; tackle cVDPVs wit...
Meeting in Berlin focused on supporting vaccine equity and pandemic response in developing countries
Polio this week as of 22 June 2022 Headlines The Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) has confirmed the isolation of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV2) from environmental samples in London, United Kingdom (UK), which were detected as p...
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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