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05/12/2018
Africa’s drive to end polio under the microscope

A review committee met in Nairobi to assess progress of the African region towards being certified polio-free

05/12/2018
To retain or not to retain…

Steve Oberste, chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Peter Borus, head of the Kenya Medical Research Institut...

03/12/2018
Syria Polio outbreak stopped

After an 18-month long intensive vaccination campaign in the face of a poliovirus outbreak in Syria, the outbreak has been successfully stop...

30/11/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – November 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2018

27/11/2018
Polio surveillance in real time

In the Horn of Africa, health workers are using application-based technology to respond to poliovirus outbreaks with greater speed and accur...

27/11/2018
Pakistan polio update – October 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2018

23/11/2018
Afghanistan redoubling efforts to eradicate polio once and for all

Afghanistan aims to reach the most vulnerable in Southern and Eastern provinces.

21/11/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts – Zubair Wadood, WHO

Dr Zubair Wadood, senior polio epidemiologist and technical expert at WHO, speaks to us about the remaining operational challenges to reachi...

19/11/2018
How India Eradicated Polio

What did we learn?

05/11/2018
This is Gafo

Papua New Guinea’s first polio case in decades is a champion for eradication

02/11/2018
Pakistan polio update – September 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2018

31/10/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – October 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for October 2018

30/10/2018
Coffee with polio experts: Containment of polioviruses with Dr Arlene King

We speak to Dr Arlene King, Chair of the RCC for the Americas, and GCC Containment Working Group, about the vital importance of safe and sec...

29/10/2018
Religious leaders fuelling demand for polio vaccines and health services in Nigeria

Religious clerics promote routine immunization and other health services by delivering messages to husbands, fathers and sons at mosques.

25/10/2018
Every Last Child Story Project Launched

New collection of 30+ multimedia stories from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India now available on GPEI website

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