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10/10/2021
Independent experts advise move to next use phase for novel oral polio vaccine type 2

The recommendation further advances nOPV2 as a critical new tool in the fight against circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2)

29/09/2021
Anand Kumar: From polio to para-sports world champ

More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.

14/09/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – August 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021

14/09/2021
GPEI commits to Generation Equality Forum

GPEI joins the 5-year action journey to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality

07/09/2021
G20 health ministers recommit to polio, stress importance of pandemic response

07 September 2021

27/08/2021
African countries commit to ending all forms of polio

27/08/2021
WHO AFRO Wild Polio Free Anniversary: A New Innovation to Tackle Polio Outbreaks

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-...

27/08/2021
WHO AFRO Wild Polio Free Anniversary: Leaders Urge Continued Commitment

Despite success against wild polio in the African region, outbreaks of the non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, continue. With continued country...

27/08/2021
WHO AFRO Wild Polio Free Anniversary: Survivors Share Their Hopes for a Polio Free World

Three polio survivors from Mozambique, Congo and Ethiopia share their experiences of living with the effects of disease, and their hope for...

25/08/2021
Adapting and delivering

Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative continues operations amidst ongoing instability in the country

20/08/2021
Livestream event on polio eradication in Africa – WHO AFRO Regional Committee, 25 August

‘Delivering on a promise – Achieving and sustaining a polio-free Africa’

19/08/2021
GPEI Statement on Afghanistan

19 August 2021

17/08/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – July 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for July 2021

04/08/2021
GPEI statement on the UK aid cuts

As of 4 August 2021

26/07/2021
United Arab Emirates re-affirms commitment to ending polio in Pakistan

Funding to be used to vaccinate more than 16 million children in 84 highest risk districts

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