27/03/2024
Experts reflect on a decade of Wild Polio-Free Certification for the South-East Asia Region

Interviews with four experts

09/03/2023
Confidence in surveillance essential for certifying a polio-free world

Latest recommendations from independent global certification body

06/07/2022
GCC reviews global certification criteria

Parameters for global eradication revisited

10/02/2022
Dr Pascal Mkanda retires from WHO Regional Office for Africa

From a remote village in Malawi called Chinthenche to Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and finally the WHO Regional Office for Africa.

25/10/2021
Polio-free in the Americas for 30 Years

The last detected case of polio in the Region of the Americas was in 1991. This year we celebrate 30 years without the disease! But what doe...

27/08/2021
WHO AFRO Wild Polio Free Anniversary: Leaders Urge Continued Commitment

Despite success against wild polio in the African region, outbreaks of the non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, continue. With continued country...

31/05/2021
Fighting on two fronts: to eradicate polio and to defeat COVID-19

In the middle of a devastating pandemic with no end in sight, a glimmer of hope came in August 2020, on the day the African Region was offic...

23/10/2020
Major achievement focus of Rotary’s World Polio Day event

A win for polio is a win for global health

24/09/2020
Rotarian Tunji Funsho named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the world

Dr. Tunji Funsho was honored as one of TIME's 100 most influential people for 2020.

31/08/2020
How To Certify A Region As Wild Polio Free

Professor Rose Leke on polio eradication, gender and women in science.

25/08/2020
GPEI applauds WHO African Region For Wild Polio-Free certification

Support from national governments and global donors critical to the region’s success against wild polio and must continue to achieve a polio...

25/08/2020
Africa Kicks Out Wild Polio

Visit the "Africa Kicks Out Wild Polio" website for content on the WHO African Region’s efforts to eradicate wild polio.

25/08/2020
Q&A with Helen Rees

How the African Region is Celebrating the End of Wild Polio while cVDPV Outbreaks Continue

25/10/2019
WHO DG: Thank you to all who made WPV3-free world possible

DG calls for doubling of efforts to now finish all remaining poliovirus strains

24/10/2019
Two out of three wild poliovirus strains eradicated

Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day

14/10/2019
Anticipated WPV3 global certification

Second wild poliovirus strain globally eradicated?

23/08/2019
Nigeria three years free from wild poliovirus

A milestone in an ongoing journey to achieve global polio eradication

19/08/2019
5 reasons why polio can be eradicated

What drives our conviction? Have a read…

14/08/2019
When could the Eastern Mediterranean Region be free of wild poliovirus?

Eastern Mediterranean Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication weighs in

11/07/2019
Eye on Africa – the road to certification

An eye on regional certification of wild poliovirus eradication

09/04/2019
The future of polio eradication efforts? The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) weighs in

Polio programme assessed by experts at the global immunization meeting

03/04/2019
Ending polio against all odds

South Sudan leverages Smart Interactive visualization of Disease surveillance and Routine Immunization assessments

04/03/2019
GCC intensifies work on global certification criteria

Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) meet in Geneva to intensify its work on global certification criteria

26/02/2019
Africa’s polio surveillance network front and centre during visit by Korea International Cooperation Agency

February 2019, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

18/02/2019
Keep the poliovirus contained after eradication

WHO seeks input on guidance document