News - GPEI
23/07/2018
Strengthening vaccine trust in Pakistan

How a vaccine refuser became an advocate for polio eradication.

18/07/2018
Pakistan polio update – May 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for May 2018

12/07/2018
Papua New Guinea launches comprehensive outbreak response to cVDPV detection

Government launches emergency measures to prevent children from lifelong paralysis.

12/07/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Honorine Mollard Billard, WHO

Honorine Mollard Billard, Polio Eradication Officer at WHO, speaks to us about critical country support to vaccination campaigns in Lao PDR...

10/07/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – May 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2018

29/06/2018
“These places prove our biggest challenge”

In the sahel surrounding Lake Chad, health workers provide vaccines to refugees and internally displaced people.

29/06/2018
Rotary recognizes Canada’s commitment to polio

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s continued support for polio eradication celebrated at the 2018 Rotary International Convention.

27/06/2018
Raising immunity in northern Nigeria

In hard-to-reach communities, a Canada-funded project is opening up access to health.

26/06/2018
Women in polio eradication: “It was my dream to become a doctor”

Dr Farzia Sadat was forced out of university for six years, but she persisted. Now she manages over a thousand people in the polio eradicati...

22/06/2018
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 confirmed in Papua New Guinea

Outbreak response to be launched to stop further spread of the virus

21/06/2018
Republic of Korea becomes first donor to support polio outbreak response in Horn of Africa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced today an additional US$ 2 million to fund polio outbreak response and sur...

20/06/2018
Stopping polio at the border

Protecting refugees, returnees and other travelers from the poliovirus is a full-time job along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

15/06/2018
World leaders reaffirm commitment to polio eradication at G7 Summit

“We reconfirm our resolve to work with partners to eradicate polio and effectively manage the post-polio transition.”

15/06/2018
Update on suspected polio case in Venezuela

Following unconfirmed reports on 8 June of suspected polio re-emergence in Venezuela, final laboratory testing has confirmed the cause of th...

14/06/2018
Gavi Board funds inactivated poliovirus vaccine until 2020

Flexible support to Nigeria also approved.

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