06/10/2025
Nigeria launches large-scale vaccination campaign to protect 106 million children against measles, rubella and polio

03/07/2025
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine into its National Immunization Programme

29/05/2025
Horn of Africa health ministers commit to bolster polio eradication efforts

17/04/2025
Health ministers launch landmark polio vaccination campaign to protect 83 million children in Lake Chad Basin

28/02/2025
High-level delegation visits Nigeria, urges alignment, commitments from all stakeholders

11/12/2024
Protecting against polio and Lymphatic Filariasis in Madagascar

08/11/2023
For Yemen’s children, the path to a polio diagnosis starts with a remarkable road trip

Making the arduous journeys that underpin Yemen’s effort to end its poliovirus outbreak

30/10/2023
Fighting polio vaccine misinformation

Engaging digital communities to build trust in vaccines and eradicate polio

21/09/2023
Polio outbreak in Ukraine closed

A success story for public health despite extreme challenges of war

07/08/2023
Geo-tracking system enhances polio response in Congo

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...

11/07/2023
Africa’s polio certification commission calls for urgent action to bolster vaccination

Kinshasa, 7 July 2023

16/03/2023
GPEI Statement on cVDPV2 detections in Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo

16 March 2023

30/01/2023
Syria takes steps to advance polio transition while strengthening essential health priorities

Integrating polio eradication expertise and infrastructure is critical to keep Syria polio-free, strengthen essential immunization and detec...

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

10/10/2022
GPEI Welcomes the Launch of the 2022 Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication

11 October 2022

27/07/2022
Routine vaccines, extraordinary impact: Polio

Polio cases have nose-dived by 99% since the late 1980s after a push to eradicate the disease, but clusters of cases across the world indica...

08/07/2022
Innovative digital technologies bridge gaps in the polio response and beyond

WHO Geographic Information System (GIS) equips over 200 specialists across Africa with essential digital mapping and Mobile Health skills to...

07/07/2022
Yemen’s top AFP surveillance officer on what the indicators tell us

With cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 outbreaks unfolding against the backdrop of a major humanitarian crisis, polio surveillance has never been tougher –...

22/06/2022
Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) detected in environmental samples in London

22 June 2022

15/06/2022
An Imam promotes the power of vaccines in war torn Yemen

Medical doctors and religious teachers play a crucial role in building trust and convincing families to vaccinate their children against pol...

09/06/2022
Football stars and celebrities unite to help end polio

Sports stars unite for the world’s biggest celebrity football match to raise support toward polio eradication.

26/05/2022
G7 Development and Health Ministers urge for continued support for polio eradication

Meeting in Berlin focused on supporting vaccine equity and pandemic response in developing countries

20/05/2022
For many Palestinian parents, vaccination comes first

The first supplementary polio campaign in eight years puts caregivers to the test

19/05/2022
Coffee With Polio Experts: Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay

Ananda talks about development of the nOPV2 vaccine its pathway to rollout, and field performance

13/05/2022
Palestinian Ministry of Health launches polio campaign in Bethlehem and Jerusalem

13 May – Ramallah