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.
17/02/2022
GPEI Statement on WPV1 in Malawi
Wild poliovirus type 1 detected in Lilongwe, Malawi
14/02/2022
EMRO Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks holds fourth meeting
Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children
10/02/2022
Dr Pascal Mkanda retires from WHO Regional Office for Africa
From a remote village in Malawi called Chinthenche to Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and finally the WHO Regional Office for Africa.
08/02/2022
‘What I learned from my time contributing to the eradication of polio in Pakistan’
“I hope one day I can tell my son the story of how polio was eradicated and how no child will ever be paralyzed by this virus again.”
02/02/2022
Catch-up polio immunization campaign to begin in Ukraine
cVDPV2 outbreak response continues in the country
28/01/2022
Global health leaders note unique opportunity – complacency now biggest risk to success
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of ga...
24/01/2022
Polio team’s support for COVID-19 vaccination demonstrates their value for global health
The support polio teams provide to deliver COVID-19 vaccines underlines the vital role they can play for health priorities beyond polio.
18/01/2022
Polio worker nominated for Presidential honour in Pakistan
Soni Faisal’s work to eradicate polio has been as healing for her as it has been for the children she’s determined to help.
21/12/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – November 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2021
20/12/2021
2021 – the year that set the stage for a polio-free world
2021 may go down in history as the turning point in the global effort to eradicate polio.
16/12/2021
Programme progress in Pakistan
High level commitment to ending polio in Pakistan by regional UN leadership
01/12/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – October 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2021
09/11/2021
No polio detected in Tajikistan since third round of supplemental immunization
Polio returned to Tajikistan last year when a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak was declared in the province o...
03/11/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – September 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for September 2021
02/11/2021
Cross River State leverages polio campaign structure to integrate Covid-19 vaccination
To encourage the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, the Nigerian Government, with support from the WHO, leveraged the polio vaccination campaig...
