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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

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...

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