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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

27/06/2022
ARCC calls for urgent action to stop all forms of poliovirus in Africa

Group issues recommendations to tackle both WPV1 outbreak in south-east Africa and variants across sub-Saharan Africa

22/06/2022
Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) detected in environmental samples in London

22 June 2022

15/06/2022
An Imam promotes the power of vaccines in war torn Yemen

Medical doctors and religious teachers play a crucial role in building trust and convincing families to vaccinate their children against pol...

13/06/2022
COVID-19 vaccination efforts prove value of polio network for resilient health systems

New report provides evidence on role of polio workforce in COVID-19 vaccine rollout and essential immunization, and makes the case to sustai...

09/06/2022
Football stars and celebrities unite to help end polio

Sports stars unite for the world’s biggest celebrity football match to raise support toward polio eradication.

31/05/2022
In remembrance of Danny Graymore OBE

Statement

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