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.
21/02/2018
Reaching all children in the Lake Chad Basin
In at-risk areas of Chad, large-scale polio campaigns are increasing the immunity of every child.
20/02/2018
Ending polio and yellow fever hand-in-hand in northern Nigeria
The strong polio eradication infrastructure in Borno is supporting Nigeria to vaccinate over eight million people against yellow fever.
16/02/2018
Polio vaccination, again?
In Afghanistan, frontline health workers explain to parents why the polio vaccine must be delivered multiple times
16/02/2018
The Two Polio Vaccines
Polio can’t be cured, but it can be prevented. Two important tools help to prevent polio – two safe, effective vaccines. Find out about the...
15/02/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – January 2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2018
12/02/2018
Reaching the Hard-to-Reach: Finding polio wherever it is hiding
The polio surveillance system is finding the virus in the most challenging areas so that children can be protected and polio stopped for goo...
09/02/2018
Sudan’s surveillance system for polio under the microscope
Sudan is on guard against polio, despite no case in eight years
02/02/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Hans Everts, polio eradicator
Hans Everts, long time polio eradicator, shares personal stories from the frontline of outbreak response, and explains how the lessons learn...
02/02/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Mohammed Mohammedi, WHO
Mohammed Mohammedi, country support officer for the Eastern Mediterranean region, speaks to us about the main challenges facing countries an...
29/01/2018
Polio Transition on the global stage at WHO Executive Board Meeting
Member states and partners discussed how to keep the world polio free after eradication in Geneva
24/01/2018
Pakistan Polio Update – December 2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for December 2017
22/01/2018
Afghanistan female vaccinators
Women are critical in the drive to eradicate polio in Afghanistan. In one of the final strongholds of the polio virus, vaccination coverage...
22/01/2018
Protecting children on the move: Pakistan’s final frontier?
Over the critical ‘low transmission season’, Pakistan’s polio programme is working feverishly to identify and vaccinate every high-risk mobi...
22/01/2018
Afghanistan expands environmental surveillance
Afghanistan’s surveillance system is the strongest it’s ever been, says country experts
