From Polio to Progress
Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world
After years of engagement with local communities to battle outbreaks and provide essential services, female frontline workers in...
Northern Nigeria is one of the consequential geographies that now hold the key to a polio-free world.
Polio this week as of 24 May 2023 Headlines: The 76th WHO World Health Assembly (WHA) is taking place in Geneva this week where global Health leaders have come together to discuss how to better tackle priority health issues. In his welcoming s...
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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