Polio News & Updates | GPEI
15/06/2026
Sustaining a Polio-free World: charting the course from strategy to action

At the 79th World Health Assembly, Member States signaled strong support for the Sustaining a Polio-free World strategy - and the work to pr...

12/06/2026
The World Cup and Taking Our Shot Against Viruses That Could Kill Us

As the world gathers for soccer, there's a shot we could take and a goal we could score that would mean a victory for the entire planet.

10/06/2026
Technical Advisory Group sets priorities and benchmarks to end polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Independent experts welcomed progress in several key geographies while calling for intensified efforts to seize the opportunity to end polio...

25/05/2026
A Ray of Hope in a Divided World

A guest commentary by Judith Diment, Vice-Chair, International PolioPlus Committee, Rotary International, reflecting on the outcomes of the...

22/05/2026
Closing the final gaps: WHA discussions highlight the path to a polio-free world

21/05/2026
Countries in the Horn of Africa and Yemen recommit to ending variant poliovirus

Robust cross-border action and stronger routine immunization are key to ending polio in the subregion

12/05/2026
Restoring trust in vaccination in Benin

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...

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