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Newly-appointed Pakistan leaders committed to delivering polio-free country
Since the Republic of Congo first confirmed a case of cVDPV1 in March 2023 (the first such detection in more than two decades), the country...
At the earliest signs of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, in the middle of April, WHO’s country team sprang into action. After all, conflict a...
Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from commun...
Kinshasa, 7 July 2023
The ‘father’ of polio laboratories in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Twenty years ago, Thongbotho Mphoyakgosi, wanted to be a social worker. “But fate had me here,” she laughs, as she gestures to her surroundi...
60-year-old Raquelina Mazuze is proud of her contribution to the fight against polio as a social mobilizer in her native Mozambique.
Brazzaville, 26 May 2023
Global leaders commit to ending polio once and for all
Country experiences show that success on polio transition is context specific.
21 May 2023
From Polio to Progress
Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world
After years of engagement with local communities to battle outbreaks and provide essential services, female frontline workers in Pakistan ar...
