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.
04/04/2024
WHO commends Iraq’s world-first in polio transition
As of January 2024, Iraq has achieved the polio transition process in full. It is the first country among the polio transition priority coun...
27/03/2024
Health ministers convene in pivotal year for polio eradication
26 March 2024
27/03/2024
Experts reflect on a decade of Wild Polio-Free Certification for the South-East Asia Region
Interviews with four experts
13/03/2024
Sudan to respond to new emergence of variant poliovirus in Red Sea State
11 March 2024
11/03/2024
Investments in women: investments in health
Women play central, diverse and multifaceted roles in safeguarding children from polio, proving that investments in women’s capacities and s...
08/03/2024
Women on the frontlines of polio eradication in Afghanistan
The Female Mobiliser Vaccinator (FMV) programme supported by UNICEF and partners continues to play a critical role in efforts to reach every...
06/03/2024
Sustaining polio investments offers a high return
A new investment case shows that successful polio transition in the 8 priority countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region will have a...
05/03/2024
Polio outbreak in Yemen: situation update
21 February 2024, Aden, Yemen
04/03/2024
I don’t want children to be affected by poliovirus like I was
A polio survivor in Nangarhar shares his challenges and advises parents to vaccinate their children
19/02/2024
What’s next for the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) now that it’s been WHO-prequalified?
An interview with GPEI experts
07/02/2024
Huma Ashraf, an unbroken spirit
The frontline worker who lost her feet in a train accident, but never the resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan
06/02/2024
Polio resources strengthening health systems through integration
To help end all polio transmission and meet the broader health needs of communities now, the GPEI works with a range of partners to integrat...
31/01/2024
Punjab’s dholwallas – the drums of change for polio eradication in Pakistan
Using creative and locally acceptable social behaviour change outreach tactics to engage communities in building trust and reaching children...
29/01/2024
2024 Gates Foundation Annual Letter
Philanthropy’s once-in-a-generation opportunity
26/01/2024
EB eyes success on polio – focus on areas of complex emergencies
Health leaders call for focused efforts in endemic and most consequential geographies
