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13/04/2022
SAGE urges global action on unique polio opportunity

With wild polio at lowest levels in history, SAGE also turns focus on post-eradication

30/03/2022
Somalia ‘Call to Action’ Summit for Polio

High-level summit held to take urgent action to end polio in country

23/03/2022
Striving to protect every child against polio in the middle of a humanitarian crisis

Polio workers in Afghanistan like Subhania are working hard to protect children against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.

17/03/2022
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 confirmed in Israel

Local health authorities conducting investigations to determine source of virus and potential risk of further spread

09/03/2022
Women supporting polio eradication in Pakistan

The brave women at all levels of the polio program bring us closer to a world without polio.

08/03/2022
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs sends message for International Women’s Day

José Manuel Albares, a Gender Champion for Polio Eradication pays tribute to women in polio eradication

03/03/2022
GPEI Statement on the cVDPV Outbreaks in the Northern Governorates in Yemen

1 March 2022

02/03/2022
GPEI deeply concerned for health of Ukrainian people amid escalating crisis

Insecurity and displacement increase risk of diseases such as polio

24/02/2022
Statements on attacks on health workers in Afghanistan

Statements by Regional Director EMRO and United Nations in the country

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...

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