News - GPEI
18/08/2017
Afghanistan Polio Snapshot – July 2017

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for July 2017

14/08/2017
Somalia celebrates 3 years polio free: WHO urges continued caution

It’s been 3 years since Somalia saw its last case of wild poliovirus. While this is a cause for celebration, it’s also a call for continued...

07/08/2017
The Remarkable Impact of Frontline Workers

Karachi’s Khalida - forging a path to trust in vaccines

04/08/2017
United Kingdom Recommits to End Polio

New funding from the UK for polio eradication will immunize up to 45 million children a year against polio.

19/07/2017
Pakistan Prepared for Polio High Season

With five national campaigns since October 2016, Pakistan is well positioned to face the challenges ahead.

17/07/2017
Protect against polio this Hajj

Saudi Arabia has issued health requirements for travellers during the Hajj season

10/07/2017
Polio Eradication Efforts Acknowledged by G20 Heads of State

Leaders of the Group of Twenty commit to complete polio eradication

28/06/2017
Japan Becomes Co-Chair of the Polio Partners Group

Ambassador Carole Lanteri hands over to Ambassador Mitsuko Shino as co-chair of the Polio Partners Group, as countries and partners come tog...

28/06/2017
Leaving No Virus Unchecked in Nigeria

The Korea Foundation for International Healthcare is supporting efforts to improve surveillance in one of the last remaining strongholds of...

27/06/2017
Polio Eradication Pioneer and Leader Dr Chan Retires from WHO

GPEI offers sincere thanks for her ten-year leadership, which brought the world to the threshold of being polio-free.

27/06/2017
Coffee with Polio Experts: Dr Ousmane Diop, WHO

A short chat with Dr Ousmane Diop, Coordinator of the Global Polio Laboratory Network, on innovative ways to track and find polioviruses thr...

21/06/2017
Reaching the Hard to Reach: Ending Polio in Conflict Zones

Important lessons on stopping the poliovirus in the most challenging locations are moving the polio eradication programme closer to the fini...

12/06/2017
Public Health Leaders Unite to Bring Polio One Step Closer to Eradication

Countries and partners pledge US$ 1.2 billion to protect 450 million children from polio every year

12/06/2017
Thank you Rotary

WHO Director-General and UNICEF Executive Director thank Rotary

09/06/2017
Responding to an outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus: Interview with Michel Zaffran, WHO

Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio at WHO, talks to us about vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) and how WHO is working to stop the recent ou...

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