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.
25/06/2015
Polio Transmission Stopped in Equatorial Guinea
With a polio-free future back in its grasp, Equatorial Guinea must now use gains against polio to build more sustainable protection for the...
15/06/2015
Rotary recognizes Japanese Prime Minister as leader in the global effort to eradicate polio
Polio Eradication Champion Award presented
11/06/2015
Midterm Review of Strategic Plan Highlights Progress and Remaining Obstacles
Review offers recommendations on shifts needed to secure a polio-free world
09/06/2015
Beyond the eradication of polio
Ensuring a Lasting Legacy for GPEI Knowledge and Resources in a Polio-Free World.
08/06/2015
Health Workers at the Heart of Polio Outbreak Response in Iraq
Despite over a year without polio, Iraq has hard work ahead to keep children safe from the virus
05/06/2015
Foreign Ministers of Islamic Countries appeal for polio eradication in Resolution on Health
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation gathered in Kuwait in May and pledged continued commitment to the er...
02/06/2015
Understanding Surveillance
The polio surveillance cycle begins with a child whose life has been devastated by paralysis, but will end with generations of children free...
29/05/2015
The Faces of a Vaccine Introduction
22/05/2015
World Health Assembly adopts landmark resolution to finish polio once and for all
Ministers of health from around the world attending this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted a landmark resol...
13/05/2015
Children protected against polio in Liberia
As Liberia moves towards recovery after the Ebola outbreak, routine immunization is able to protect children once again after a year without...
05/05/2015
Polio Staff Support Nepal Earthquake Response
Nepal polio infrastructure aids in emergency relief effort following devastating earthquake
29/04/2015
The Faces of a Vaccine Introduction
Meet the individuals behind the IPV introduction in Bangladesh.
24/04/2015
World Immunization Week
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative and routine immunization systems work hand in hand to reduce the immunization gap and protect more c...
23/04/2015
Two Polio Workers Killed in Garowe, Somalia
Among UNICEF colleagues killed in an attack on a UN convoy were two polio heroes
21/04/2015
Oral Polio Vaccine Switch On Track for April 2016
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization assesses progress towards the withdrawal of oral polio vaccine type 2
