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.
24/01/2023
2023 – zero-dose children in seven subnational consequential geographies hold key to success
Polio programme must keep clear focus in 2023 on adapting operations amid broader humanitarian emergencies
16/01/2023
2023 – Focus on consequential geographies
This is the target year for interrupting all remaining poliovirus transmission globally, both in the remaining endemic countries and in outb...
12/01/2023
Polio-free India: It seemed impossible until it was done
Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India and what less...
03/01/2023
In Afghanistan, communities keep an eye out for polio in one of the virus’s last frontiers
When a mother brought her young son to a clinic in Paghman, a town not far from the Afghan capital Kabul, Spogmai, a nurse on duty at the ti...
19/12/2022
Polio surveillance review yields results in Afghanistan
Recommendations from the international review of Afghanistan’s poliovirus surveillance system are yielding important results for the country...
12/12/2022
Getting ahead of the game
Qatar, supported by WHO, ramps up surveillance for polio during the FIFA World Cup 2022
08/12/2022
Polio experts eye clear tactics in final push to achieve success
As 2022 draws to a close, independent technical bodies from key epi-centres dive deep on what it will take to achieve success in 2023
05/12/2022
Pakistan at excellent momentum to end polio, says global delegation
ISLAMABAD, DEC 2, 2022
27/10/2022
GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary’s message on the outcomes of the 2022 pledging moment
Together, we can end polio!
25/10/2022
The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio?
We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the...
24/10/2022
Five change makers in the Eastern Mediterranean’s polio eradication programme
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) stands tall on the foundation of millions of women’s efforts and voices.
21/10/2022
World Polio Day, 24 October 2022
Together, we end polio!
18/10/2022
Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio
More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of di...
13/10/2022
Delegates recommit to step up efforts at the 69th Regional Committee for EMRO
Tuesday 11 October 2022
13/10/2022
21-22 October 2022: World Polio Day and Beyond
a Healthier Future for Mothers and Children, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
