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.
12/05/2016
How Data is Helping to Fight Polio
A video from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation highlights the essential role data and information play in finding and preventing the pol...
09/05/2016
Principality of Liechtenstein Supports Polio Eradication
2 Swiss francs contributed by every inhabitant!
29/04/2016
Understanding Surveillance
29/04/2016
Explaining Environmental Surveillance
28/04/2016
The Final Frontier in Polio Eradication
This World Immunization Week, the global goal of polio eradication is closer than ever, although more needs to be done to deliver a world fr...
22/04/2016
The Global Switch: As It Happens
Watch the countdown as 155 countries and territories stop using the trivalent oral polio vaccine in a globally synchronised switch to the bi...
21/04/2016
Protecting Children Against Polio in Jordan
14/04/2016
Polio-Free World in Sight as Largest Vaccine Rollout in History Kicks Off
155 countries around the world switching from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV
12/04/2016
Risk mitigation with the global switch
Partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are taking important steps to mitigate the small risks associated with the switch
08/04/2016
Global synchronisation and the switch
The switch will see the replacement of the trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV) with bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV).
22/03/2016
One Month To Go until the Switch from Trivalent to Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine
There is now one month to go until the globally synchronised project in the history of vaccination: the removal of the type two component of...
22/03/2016
Micropatches provide potential new delivery method
An innovative new product may help the polio program to spare doses of IPV.
08/03/2016
Saying Thank You This International Women’s Day
From reaching every child with polio vaccines to ensuring their children receive the protection they deserve, women are at the heart of poli...
03/03/2016
Journal of Infectious Diseases publishes supplement on polio eradication in Nigeria
Supplement highlights key programmatic innovations that led to success.
02/03/2016
The Broader Benefits of Polio Eradication Efforts in Africa
A new short film shows why it is so important to plan for how the polio infrastructure can be used to meet broader health needs, both now an...
