The legacy of isolation is a double-edged sword for children in Nuristan, Eastern Afghanistan
In Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Nuristan province, children are highly vulnerable to polio and other deadly diseases due to multiple, intersecting needs that stem from long-standing isolation and multiple deprivations.
28/09/2022
Combining health datasets is helping polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children,...
20/09/2022
Afghanistan completes largest ever review of polio surveillance system
19/09/2022
In remembrance of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and in recognition of HM King Charles III’s support for polio eradication
19 September 2022
23/08/2022
Diary of a polio surveillance reviewer: eight days in Afghanistan’s west
Dr Abdinoor Mohamed, an epidemiologist tells us about his team's travel to Afghanistan to review the country’s polio surveillance system, vi...
22/08/2022
Nomina Akhtar continues to work for polio eradication while battling stage-3 breast cancer
A story of determination, friendship and support
15/08/2022
Afghanistan makes progress in polio eradication but challenges remain
One year on from Afghanistan’s transition of power in August 2021, WHO’s polio eradication programme has made critical gains – but the job i...
27/07/2022
Routine vaccines, extraordinary impact: Polio
Polio cases have nose-dived by 99% since the late 1980s after a push to eradicate the disease, but clusters of cases across the world indica...
21/07/2022
Updated statement on report of polio detection in United States
29 July 2022
13/07/2022
In remembrance of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Hon. Shinzo Abe
Statement
08/07/2022
Innovative digital technologies bridge gaps in the polio response and beyond
WHO Geographic Information System (GIS) equips over 200 specialists across Africa with essential digital mapping and Mobile Health skills to...
07/07/2022
Yemen’s top AFP surveillance officer on what the indicators tell us
With cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 outbreaks unfolding against the backdrop of a major humanitarian crisis, polio surveillance has never been tougher –...
06/07/2022
GCC reviews global certification criteria
Parameters for global eradication revisited
05/07/2022
Polio teams support response to devastating earthquake in Afghanistan
Teams urgently mobilized to help respond to disaster
01/07/2022
WHO’s chief guidance for containing polioviruses revised
New guidance anticipated to quicken progress in achieving necessary safeguards
28/06/2022
Global leaders urge action on polio eradication
G7 and Commonwealth Heads of Government call for strengthened support to global polio eradication effort
