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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...

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.

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