News - GPEI
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

02/04/2015
Bangladesh introduces inactivated polio vaccine

The launch of IPV in Bangladesh demonstrates what can be achieved through strong integration of polio eradication and routine immunization

31/03/2015
The Heroism of Health Workers

Frontline health workers are vaccinating children and changing attitudes family by family in the most hard to reach areas of Pakistan

20/03/2015
Finishing What He Started

April marks the 60th anniversary of the announcement that Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was safe and effective; his work is p...

12/03/2015
Polio Eradication: measuring ourselves every step of the way

At the start of 2015, global and regional bodies have been meeting to evaluate progress and establish strategies for the coming year.

06/03/2015
Making It Happen

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women at the heart of polio eradication

27/02/2015
Polio and Ebola: Legacy in Action

Read more on the work of Dr Singh and Dr Kumar here. Surveillance experts from India are working to strengthen the Ebola outbreak response i...

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