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In Afghanistan, frontline health workers explain to parents why the polio vaccine must be delivered multiple times
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...
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2018
The polio surveillance system is finding the virus in the most challenging areas so that children can be protected and polio stopped for goo...
Sudan is on guard against polio, despite no case in eight years
Hans Everts, long time polio eradicator, shares personal stories from the frontline of outbreak response, and explains how the lessons learn...
Mohammed Mohammedi, country support officer for the Eastern Mediterranean region, speaks to us about the main challenges facing countries an...
Member states and partners discussed how to keep the world polio free after eradication in Geneva
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for December 2017
Women are critical in the drive to eradicate polio in Afghanistan. In one of the final strongholds of the polio virus, vaccination coverage...
Over the critical ‘low transmission season’, Pakistan’s polio programme is working feverishly to identify and vaccinate every high-risk mobi...
Afghanistan’s surveillance system is the strongest it’s ever been, says country experts
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for December 2017
To eradicate polio, we need to stop all strains of the virus, including vaccine-derived polioviruses. This short animation explains how thes...
