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.
25/04/2013
Global Leaders Support New Six-Year Plan to Deliver a Polio-Free World by 2018
Global eradication programme will move simultaneously on multiple fronts expanding focus to improve childhood immunization and protect gains...
18/04/2013
Where has all the type 3 gone?
Only one type 3 case reported in the last six months and no type 3 cases at all in Asia in more than a year.
11/04/2013
We can end polio: scientific community
Global scientists declare support for new plan to create a polio-free world by 2018
08/04/2013
“You want to see your little ones running around, don’t you?”
One grandfather’s quest to ensure others learn from his mistake
08/04/2013
The Sahel crisis continues
As does the risk of a mass polio outbreak
03/04/2013
Improved access to children in Afghanistan
Campaign quality still a challenge in Southern Region
02/04/2013
An immunization campaign with a special focus
Reaching the nomadic populations of Chad
29/03/2013
“Now When They Push Me I Just Go Faster”
A Pakistani Madrassa teacher lives with polio – and works to help bring the tragic disease to an end
20/03/2013
Polio vaccine technology transfer continues
As part of efforts to prepare for a lasting polio-free world, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are facilitating the deve...
16/03/2013
Polio and religion
The tale of a transformation from resister to advocate
15/03/2013
Building bipartisan support for the end of polio
UNICEF and the Global Poverty Project bring together Australian political and community leaders in support of polio eradication.
07/03/2013
Islamic scholars call for urgent action to complete polio eradication in Muslim communities
28/02/2013
Bloomberg Philanthropies to donate $100 Million to polio eradication
Fresh financing expresses confidence in new strategic plan to finish the job
26/02/2013
An anniversary celebrated through advocacy
Rotarians around the world celebrate the organization’s 108th Anniversary by building political support for polio eradication
14/02/2013
STOPing Polio
Skilled public health professionals volunteer to strengthen local eradication programmes
