30/07/2020
Polio campaigns resume with strict COVID-19 prevention measures

Vaccinators aim to fill urgent immunity gaps that have widened in the under-five population.

27/07/2020
Confronting outbreaks in Somalia

While the COVID-19 response dominates community health concerns, every missed opportunity for vaccination puts the fragile gains made agains...

20/07/2020
Delivering lifesaving messages in Pakistan

Messaging apps transform how polio programme workers support families during COVID-19.

13/07/2020
Training health workers to fight COVID-19 in Sudan

Polio personnel are putting in the hours to strengthen response.

06/07/2020
Polio eradication expertise backs Africa’s COVID-19 response

Significant polio programme resources are being used to fight the pandemic.

29/06/2020
How the polio programme is supporting Routine Immunization during COVID-19

Polio social mobilisers have adapted their work to support families in Afghanistan.

09/06/2020
GPEI welcomes the strong commitment of partners at Global Vaccine Summit

US$ 8.8 billion pledged to fund immunization through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

26/05/2020
Somalia’s polio teams help combat COVID-19

Personnel from the country’s long-running polio programme have been trained to detect COVID-19 cases.

18/05/2020
Donors pledge to strengthen immunization and accelerate fight against COVID-19

Continued funding is crucial to respond to COVID-19, end polio and tackle other vaccine-preventable diseases.

29/04/2020
Polio has forever changed the lives of Ihsanullah, Safia and Masood

A reminder of why vaccines are so important.

29/04/2020
Polio workers distribute soap and information in fight against COVID-19

Polio Social Mobilisers step up to aid Afghanistan’s vulnerable communities

23/04/2020
Supporting COVID-19 Response: Call 1166 in Pakistan

Polio eradication call centre in Islamabad converted to fight COVID-19.

02/04/2020
Call to action to support COVID-19 response

Polio Oversight Board Statement

18/03/2020
Polio eradication and COVID-19

A public health imperative

13/03/2020
“The first call”

Polio eradication staff support COVID-19 response