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To encourage the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, the Nigerian Government, with support from the WHO, leveraged the polio vaccination campaig...
While tremendous progress has been made in the fight against polio, wild poliovirus remains endemic to two countries and the threat of cVDPV...
The last detected case of polio in the Region of the Americas was in 1991. This year we celebrate 30 years without the disease! But what doe...
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2021
For a few incredible eradicators, a life’s purpose doesn’t stop at retirement
WHO and UNICEF welcome the decision by the Taliban leadership supporting the resumption of nationwide polio vaccination across Afghanistan.
Virus isolated from Rivne province in north-west of country
The recommendation further advances nOPV2 as a critical new tool in the fight against circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2)
More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021
GPEI joins the 5-year action journey to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality
07 September 2021
Learn how the type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) is being rolled out across Africa to help more sustainably address outbreaks of a non-...
Despite success against wild polio in the African region, outbreaks of the non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, continue. With continued country...
