News - GPEI
03/05/2017
Local villagers lend their eyes and ears in the struggle to keep Somalia polio-free

Parents, community leaders and students are hunting down the poliovirus in inaccessible areas in Somalia

01/05/2017
Responding To A Polio Outbreak Animation

Anytime a child is paralyzed by polio in any country, the World Health Organization moves fast to stop the outbreak.

28/04/2017
The People Ending Polio in Nigeria

It takes a village to raise a child - and to protect them from polio.

27/04/2017
Leading the Way to a Polio-Free Nigeria

Traditional leaders are taking action to get more children vaccinated and to rid northern Nigeria of polio, once-and-for-all.

26/04/2017
Leaving No Child Behind in Pakistan

The polio eradication programme is reaching the most hard to access children and families on the move with vaccines in Pakistan.

25/04/2017
Reaching Every Last Child Animation

In every vulnerable country, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative helps make sure that every child receives polio vaccines; even those wh...

25/04/2017
The Polio Surveillance System Animation

From the most remote communities to the laboratory, the World Health Organization makes sure that the pieces of the polio surveillance syste...

25/04/2017
Monguno: Can Polio’s Furthest Outpost be its Final Frontier?

In a remote corner of northern Nigeria, 95% of children are being reached with the polio vaccine.

24/04/2017
Celebrating Progress Towards Polio Eradication

Polio eradication efforts closer than ever to likely triumph – making it more important than ever to finish the job, says Dr Margaret Chan,...

29/03/2017
A finer sieve

The growing role of environmental surveillance in the drive to eradicate polio

27/03/2017
Making strides with poliovirus containment

Countries have destroyed or plan to securely retain poliovirus type 2

23/03/2017
From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

116 million children to be immunized from coast to coast across the continent, as regional emergency outbreak response intensifies

07/03/2017
Coffee with Polio Experts: Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Pakistan

A short video-chat with Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication in Pakistan, on the prospects of erad...

07/03/2017
Afghan Women Leading the Battle Against Polio

Meet the Afghan women helping to bring the world closer to eradication

07/03/2017
Vaccination campaigns changing lives of Nigerian women

Polio immunization activities are empowering over 200 000 disadvantaged women in Nigeria.

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