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28/04/2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pledges US$ 500 million to protect children from polio and end the disease for good

New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen h...

26/04/2024
Madagascar – high-level polio meeting aims to further intensify outbreak response

President and First Lady meet with GPEI delegation to discuss measures to increase immunity levels

24/04/2024
50 Years of Impact: How Polio Eradication and EPI Demonstrate What Is Humanly Possible

By Dr Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

22/04/2024
GPEI partners join in celebrating 50 years of EPI

World Immunization Week highlights the importance of immunization globally

09/04/2024
Celebrating a Polio-free India, Dreaming of a Polio-free World

9 April 2024

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

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