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.
12/07/2013
A common package for children’s health
DRC prepares for mass polio vaccination campaign, de-worming, administration of Vitamin A and registering births
11/07/2013
Rotary and Gates Foundation extend fundraising agreement to end polio
New match arrangement could raise US$525 million for global eradication effort
10/07/2013
German cabinet endorses new focus on global public health
Polio eradication integral part of new global health policy plan
03/07/2013
Rotary honors German leadership with Polio Eradication Champion Award
We have a responsibility to defeat polio so that future generations will only know about this disease from text books.
19/06/2013
Learning lessons the hard way
What the GPEI has learned from recent polio outbreaks
18/06/2013
Faces of Religious Influence
Religious leaders help fight polio in Somalia – and across the globe
12/06/2013
Success against polio by end-2014 realistic prospect: IMB
Key fundamental changes needed
11/06/2013
Somalia launches campaign to vaccinate adults as well as children against polio
President Mohamoud first in line to be vaccinated
30/05/2013
Australia pledges $80 million to end polio
Renewing its stance as a global leader in polio eradication
27/05/2013
Global health ministers add their weight to new polio ‘endgame’
Lasting polio-free world achievable, if new Plan is fully financed and implemented
23/05/2013
Horn of Africa polio outbreak
Emergency responses under way
22/05/2013
South Korean Foundation joins the Initiative
New donor provides US$ 1 million for surveillance
20/05/2013
What to expect from the WHA
Health ministers set to consider plan to secure polio-free world by 2018,
