Polio News & Updates | GPEI
04/05/2026
Saudi Arabia fuels polio eradication research with vital funding and leadership

04/05/2026
Pakistan and Afghanistan unite to protect millions of children in synchronized polio campaigns

Amid geopolitical tensions and insecurity across the Region, health workers in Pakistan and Afghanistan came together in April in a synchron...

24/04/2026
Further, Faster, Stronger to Zero: How Integrating Health Services is Closing the Gap on Polio

Vaccines alone do not end polio. Trust does. Access does. Showing up with more than one reason to open the door, does. That’s how Every Last...

20/04/2026
Polio altered their future: remembering a time before vaccination

07/04/2026
Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Canada, France and Indonesia achieve poliovirus containment certification

20/03/2026
GPEI statement on UK announcement to end its funding for GPEI

10/03/2026
“Let’s buckle up”

Drops of life, to beat a virus that does not see race or religion

10/03/2026
Pakistan: when a WHO-supported measles–rubella drive also protects millions from polio

The preventive vaccination campaign led by Pakistan in partnership with the World Health Organization protected 34 million children against...

09/03/2026
Braving conflict to protect children from polio in Gaza: women at the frontline of the response

06/03/2026
Women are leading polio outbreak response efforts across Africa

Across the DRC, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the African continent, women are proving that when you invest in their leadership and skills, childre...

04/03/2026
Rotary at the Heart of a Polio‑Free World

16/02/2026
Mobilizing 400 000 WHO-trained polio workers to vaccinate 45 million children in Pakistan

13/02/2026
Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 by India’s Biological E achieves WHO prequalification

Biological E becomes the second full nOPV2 manufacturer, alongside PT Bio Farma, providing diversified, reliable supply of this essential to...

11/02/2026
Japan supports polio eradication and immunization in Afghanistan with US$6.3 million contribution

The contribution reinforces Japan’s long-standing support to Afghanistan’s health sector and helps sustain progress toward the global goal o...

04/02/2026
“Vaccines are bringing us closer to the eradication of polio”

WHO Executive Board recommits

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