News - GPEI
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...

29/02/2016
The people at the Heart of Polio eradication in Afghanistan

23/02/2016
Preparations for the Switch Accelerate

There are just eight weeks to go until the switch from trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine in April 2016

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

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