22/01/2026
Alwaleed Philanthropies (Global) continues its long-standing commitment with US$15 million for global polio eradication efforts

Three-year funding will support vaccination and surveillance activities in endemic and outbreak countries

01/01/2026
Protecting children without fear: A new way to vaccinate against polio in Afghanistan

01/01/2026
Saving lives beyond vaccination: Polio teams on the frontline of the Kunar earthquake response

18/12/2025
2025 – A Year that Tested Us and Prepared Us to Finish the Job

End-of-year message from Dr Jamal Ahmed, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO, and Chair of the Strategy Committee of the Global Polio Eradicati...

09/12/2025
Technical Advisory Group calls for bold steps against polio in Pakistan

25/11/2025
Global and national experts concur: ending polio in Pakistan – and the world – is within reach

20/11/2025
Puppets help win hearts for polio vaccination in Quetta

Balochistan Emergency Operations Center’s creative World Polio Day campaign reaches children in high-risk areas

29/10/2025
Rotary Concert in Lucerne Raises Enough Funds to Save More than 100,000 from Lifelong Polio Paralysis

24/10/2025
Mohamed Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity to host global pledging moment for polio in Abu Dhabi

16/10/2025
Health leaders redouble their resolve to accelerate polio eradication at the Regional Committee meeting

10/10/2025
Masood Khan, Pakistan: From polio survivor to vaccinator in Peshawar

22/09/2025
GPEI Statement – 24th IMB Report “The Glass Mountain”

GPEI Welcomes 24th Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board

12/06/2025
From Kabul to Kandahar: Inside Afghanistan’s first polio campaigns of 2025

23/05/2025
A critical moment for global public health: Polio eradication at the 2025 World Health Assembly

Global public health at a crossroads

28/04/2025
Health ministers renew urgent call to end polio in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Regional leaders call for intensified support to stop wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan

26/02/2025
Technical Advisory Group urges strong action to eradicate polio in Afghanistan

28/01/2025
Global health experts convene in Pakistan for emergency measures to stop endemic poliovirus once and for all

21/08/2024
Personal tragedy turns a polio vaccine refusal into a vaccine advocate

11/06/2024
WHO polio workers reflect on their role in 2022 Afghanistan earthquake response

06/05/2024
GPEI delegation visits Pakistan to discuss strategies to eradicate polio with Government of Pakistan

Islamabad, May 4, 2024

30/04/2024
Closing the gap: the Afghan women gaining ground against vaccine refusals and zero dose children

Across Afghanistan, community advocacy to increase vaccine uptake for polio and other deadly diseases has some unsung champions: the local w...

28/04/2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pledges US$ 500 million to protect children from polio and end the disease for good

New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen h...

24/04/2024
50 Years of Impact: How Polio Eradication and EPI Demonstrate What Is Humanly Possible

By Dr Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

09/04/2024
Celebrating a Polio-free India, Dreaming of a Polio-free World

9 April 2024

11/03/2024
Investments in women: investments in health

Women play central, diverse and multifaceted roles in safeguarding children from polio, proving that investments in women’s capacities and s...