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21 August 2024
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.

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27/02/2020
Afghanistan polio snapshot – January 2020

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2020

19/02/2020
Polio eradication on UN Secretary-General’s agenda during Pakistan visit

At a vaccination campaign in Lahore, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed personal commitment to end polio.

10/02/2020
Executive Board endorse intensified polio eradication effort

In face of challenging epidemiology, global health experts endorse new cVDPV2 response strategy

06/02/2020
The rapid response team steering Africa’s polio fight

Meet the experts who deploy at a moment’s notice to fight outbreaks across the region.

03/02/2020
Pakistan polio snapshot – November 2019

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2019

03/02/2020
Pakistan polio snapshot – December 2019

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for December 2019

28/01/2020
Meet Anis, the tailor who became a polio eradicator

I want to help my people – polio is a danger to every child, and we should eradicate it

22/01/2020
How an abandoned hospital in Karachi became an asset for community health

Exploring the ‘plus’ in PolioPlus.

13/01/2020
Mitigating the threat of poliovirus importation to Sudan

To prevent a possible outbreak, WHO and national health authorities have been implementing vaccination campaigns and boosting disease survei...

09/01/2020
1 camp down, 3450 to go: Reaching nomadic settlements in the Lake Chad Basin

Ensuring nomadic children receive their polio vaccines is a formidable task.

07/01/2020
Afghanistan polio snapshot – November 2019

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2019

07/01/2020
Pakistan polio snapshot – October 2019

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2019

21/12/2019
Three African countries halt polio outbreaks

Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, World Health Organizatio...

19/12/2019
Q&A with Michel Zaffran: cVDPV2 and the vaccine available to stop it

GPEI head Michel Zaffran sheds light on the global cVDPV2 situation, the need for type 2-containing OPV, and implications for containment

18/12/2019
Meet ten exceptional individuals who inspired us in the 2010s

Ten years, ten heroes of polio eradication. We revisit the stories of incredible people all over the world dedicated to ending polio.

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