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.
12/09/2012
New UK Secretary sustains support for polio
In only her first week in office, Justine Greening joins Rotarians and Global Poverty Project to urge for increased global support to end po...
10/09/2012
“Our destinies are in our hands”
Paralympians with polio
03/09/2012
Polio at the Paralympics
With the largest audience the Games have ever garnered, polio-affected athletes have joined the fight to end the disease which paralyzed the...
29/08/2012
Partnering with Religious Schools to Fight Against Polio in Nigeria
Tsangaya School Strategy piloted in northern Nigeria to reduce missed children and help build community engagement for polio immunization
28/08/2012
Reaching Refusals Before it’s Too Late
Religion – and religious leaders – transform community perceptions in the high-risk areas of Pakistan
22/08/2012
Angola Turns the Tide against Polio
17/08/2012
Focus on Sindh
Polio case in a melon-growing family reveals the challenges to polio eradication
17/08/2012
World Humanitarian Day
If we are to eradicate polio from the world, every child needs to be vaccinated, no matter how inhospitable, remote or dangerous the place t...
16/08/2012
Reaching the Last Child – Zamfara and Sokoto
Reaching every child in the northern Nigerian states of Zamfara and Sokoto is complicated by difficult terrain and population movement.
13/08/2012
What now for polio free India?
Is the question asked in the latest edition of India Polio Communications Update.
03/08/2012
West Africa at Increased Risk of New Polio Outbreak
Intense virus transmission in northern Nigeria, large-scale population movements and lack of funds make for dangerous situation
03/08/2012
In the Olympic spirit
Olympians shine the spotlight on Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.
03/08/2012
Vaccine Vial Monitors – helping save lives!
Time temperature indicator known as a vaccine vial monitor (VVM) absolutely vital to eradication effort; allowing health workers to know vac...
