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.
09/05/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – March 2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for March 2018
08/05/2018
Canada provides Can$ 100 million to protect girls and boys from polio
Contributions to WHO and UNICEF will help end polio in Afghanistan, and fund global eradication efforts.
08/05/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Prof David Heymann, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
David Heymann, long-time public health expert, discusses what lessons smallpox eradication teaches us in eradicating a disease, and why it i...
04/05/2018
Sweden takes important first step to demonstrate containment of type-2 poliovirus
Sweden is the first country to formally engage in the global poliovirus containment process
27/04/2018
Commonwealth leaders affirm commitment to end polio
At their triennial summit, Commonwealth leaders emphasized renewed support for international efforts to tackle polio and other diseases.
26/04/2018
The world without vaccines
This World Immunization Week, let’s take a few moments to remember what our world really looked like before vaccines.
25/04/2018
Protecting displaced children in Iraq
In Iraq, polio vaccinators work to protect conflict-affected children.
24/04/2018
Determined for change – Women at the forefront of polio eradication in Nigeria
Working with the polio programme opens up new opportunities for women and their communities.
23/04/2018
Reaching the underserved in Syria with polio vaccines for the first time
In January, children in Raqqa city received polio vaccines for the first time in two years as families return to the devastated city.
20/04/2018
Vaccine facilitation in Nigeria: Predictable in its unpredictability
A week in the life of Auta, a vaccine facilitator in Borno State
18/04/2018
Looking for every last poliovirus in global sample collections
The global intensification of efforts to appropriately contain polioviruses is critical.
16/04/2018
UAE Leadership Supports Delivery of 281 Million Vaccines to Protect Children from Polio in Pakistan
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, disburses final US$12 million of US$120 million commitment made...
11/04/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Professor Rose Leke, Chair of African RCC
Towards a polio-free Africa: A chat with Professor Rose Leke, Chair of the African Regional Certification Commission.
10/04/2018
Welcome to Poliopolis: An nOPV2 clinical trial
How a container village in Belgium is helping us test new polio vaccines.
09/04/2018
Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote support polio eradication efforts in Nigeria
Gates and Dangote emphasized the need to eradicate polio, strengthen routine immunization, and improve primary health care.
