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.
18/05/2023
GPEI’s 35th Anniversary
From Polio to Progress
16/05/2023
G7 Heads of State and Health Ministers call for global support to achieving lasting polio-free world by 2026, ahead of WHA
Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world
11/05/2023
Women Health Workers Hold the Key to Eradicating Polio
After years of engagement with local communities to battle outbreaks and provide essential services, female frontline workers in Pakistan ar...
01/05/2023
2023: A Critical Year for polio eradication efforts in northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria is one of the consequential geographies that now hold the key to a polio-free world.
01/05/2023
A working life well spent
22 years as a polio eradicator in Afghanistan
24/04/2023
Eliminating a disease is rare: GPEI leadership on polio eradication in Pakistan
Last year, the Polio Oversight Board visited Pakistan twice, acknowledging the unprecedented support and commitment by all stakeholders to e...
24/04/2023
Vaccines, vaccinators, and tally sheets
From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan
18/04/2023
Vaccination on wheels for nomadic children
Pakistan’s polio program has launched a novel initiative to reach children of nomadic families with polio and essential vaccines so that the...
11/04/2023
After the Floods
How the polio program came together to help flood-affected frontline workers
31/03/2023
A word from the Chair: 2023 – Aiming for Success through Ongoing Analysis of Global Effort
Rigorous independent review to assess status to meeting end-2023 critical goals
30/03/2023
Two years since rollout of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2): How’s it all working out?
An interview with co-leads of GPEI’s nOPV Working Group on nOPV2 field use to date
21/03/2023
Polio programme provides vital support to nationwide measles vaccination in Afghanistan
21 March 2023
16/03/2023
GPEI Statement on cVDPV2 detections in Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo
16 March 2023
15/03/2023
Rotary International President insists Rotarians have to finish the job of eradicating polio
Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, is on a brief tour of London. Speaking at the House of Commons she said that Rotary had to d...
10/03/2023
Eastern Mediterranean health leaders call for redoubled efforts for a defining year for polio
On Tuesday 28 February 2023, ministers and high-level delegates from across the Eastern Mediterranean Region participated in the seventh mee...
