GPEI-News

24/10/2024

85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries

On World Polio Day, UNICEF warns that polio cases in these settings have more than doubled over the past five years

23/10/2024

Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign

Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northe...

22/10/2024

Polio Anywhere is a Threat Everywhere: Why the UK Must Act

22/10/2024

World Polio Day 2024 – a chance for reflection and a reminder to reach every last child

17/10/2024

GPEI Announces Strategy Extension and Revised Budget to Protect All Children from Polio

11/10/2024

Second round of polio vaccination in the Gaza Strip aims to vaccinate over half a million children

09/10/2024

Poliovirus potentially infectious material (PIM) and Bangladesh’s work to minimize risk

24/09/2024

GPEI Welcomes 23rd Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board

23/09/2024

GPEI welcomes Canada’s pledge of CAN $151 million to achieve global eradication of polio and build stronger health systems worldwide

Canada’s total contributions to polio effort surpass CAN $1 billion since 1988

13/09/2024

Around 560 000 children vaccinated in first round of polio campaign in Gaza

06/09/2024

First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza

30/08/2024

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, directs the allocation of funding for urgent polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

21/08/2024

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...