News – Page 50 – GPEI
22/02/2016
Securing a Polio-free World

Through this series of short videos, learn about the polio vaccines, the phased removal of the oral polio vaccine and poliovirus containment

19/02/2016
African Leaders Gather to Recommit to Immunization Goals

At the Ministerial Conference on Immunization on 24 – 25 February, discussions on harnessing polio’s lessons and infrastructure to support o...

19/02/2016
Overcoming the Final Hurdles

The Expert Review Committee in Nigeria met in February to assess the risks that need to be overcome in order to bring Nigeria closer to fini...

12/02/2016
Environmental surveillance and the Polio Eradication Effort

Dr Ousmane Diop explains the importance of one of the innovations that will bring us closer to a polio-free world

11/02/2016
Iraq Introduces Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine

In the face of considerable security challenges, Iraq has introduced the inactivated poliovirus vaccine into its routine immunization system...

01/02/2016
TAG optimistic of Pakistan progress on polio

"We still have areas that could risk it all," cautions chair

31/01/2016
“We Are So Close To Success”

At the end of four years as Director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Dr Hamid Jafari reflects on twenty years of experience, the...

29/01/2016
Learning From Experience

How lessons learned from the polio programme and the people at the heart of the system are strengthening routine immunization in Nigeria.

29/01/2016
Executive Board Meets in Geneva

Recognising both progress and remaining challenges, member states renew commitment to polio eradication at the 2016 Executive Board meeting....

27/01/2016
Syria achieves polio milestone

2 years without a reported case

13/01/2016
Today india celebrates…

21/12/2015
India Introduces the Inactivated Polio Vaccine

The Health Minister recognised state governments, partners and frontline health workers in achieving this step towards securing a polio-free...

21/12/2015
US Government approves US$ 228 Million in Funds for Polio Eradication

The US Congress has approved a total of US$ 228 million for the 2016 federal budget to support global polio eradication efforts in continuat...

18/12/2015
Stopping vaccine-derived polioviruses

With four months to go until the global switch from trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine, we are nearing an important milestone in the j...

16/12/2015
Another year, another step closer to a polio-free world

Progress in 2015 has laid the groundwork for a final push towards a polio-free world.

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