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.
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
19/01/2018
Statement on attack on health workers in Pakistan
15/01/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – December 2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for December 2017
15/01/2018
Vaccine-derived Polioviruses
To eradicate polio, we need to stop all strains of the virus, including vaccine-derived polioviruses. This short animation explains how thes...
09/01/2018
Coffee with Polio Experts: Dr Urs Herzog, Rotarian and polio survivor
We join Dr Urs Herzog, Rotarian, polio eradicator, National PolioPlus Advocacy Advisor for Rotary Switzerland and polio survivor himself, as...
29/12/2017
Capturing lessons from polio eradication
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is partnering with institutions in seven countries to help document and disseminate knowledg...
21/12/2017
Afghanistan Polio Snapshot – November 2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2017
21/12/2017
Coffee with Polio Experts: Professor David Salisbury
Professor David Salisbury, chair of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, talks us through the pr...
21/12/2017
Coffee with Polio Experts: Carolyn Sein, WHO
Carolyn Sein, Technical Officer for the GPEI programme, talks to us about circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses, and the important differ...
20/12/2017
Pakistan Polio Update – November 2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2017
18/12/2017
Working toward a polio-free future: 2017 in review
Global progress and renewed commitment brought us closer than ever to a world without polio.
18/12/2017
Polio eradication remains top priority for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Member states commended for support of polio eradication efforts at the recent Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in Jeddah
18/12/2017
Germany provides additional critically-needed funds to Pakistan
€ 2 million in support pledged to help defeat last remaining reservoirs of the virus
