Integrating polio eradication expertise and infrastructure is critical to keep Syria polio-free, strengthen essential immunizati...
Polio programme must keep clear focus in 2023 on adapting operations amid broader humanitarian emergencies
This is the target year for interrupting all remaining poliovirus transmission globally, both in the remaining endemic countries...
Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India a...
Polio this week as of 01 February 2023 Headlines: WHO Executive Board: This week and next week, global health leaders are convening at WHO’s Executive Board to discuss global public health policy, including on the global effort to eradicate po...
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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