GPEI Welcomes 24th Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board
Global public health at a crossroads
Regional leaders call for intensified support to stop wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Islamabad, May 4, 2024
Across Afghanistan, community advocacy to increase vaccine uptake for polio and other deadly diseases has some unsung champions: the local w...
New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen h...
By Dr Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
9 April 2024
Women play central, diverse and multifaceted roles in safeguarding children from polio, proving that investments in women’s capacities and s...
The Female Mobiliser Vaccinator (FMV) programme supported by UNICEF and partners continues to play a critical role in efforts to reach every...
A polio survivor in Nangarhar shares his challenges and advises parents to vaccinate their children
The frontline worker who lost her feet in a train accident, but never the resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan
To help end all polio transmission and meet the broader health needs of communities now, the GPEI works with a range of partners to integrat...
Using creative and locally acceptable social behaviour change outreach tactics to engage communities in building trust and reaching children...
Health leaders call for focused efforts in endemic and most consequential geographies
As the year draws to a close, efforts intensify against the virus in 2024
As well as Build more Climate Resilient Health Systems
Islamic Development Bank announces a new US$100 million loan approved in 2023 to help ensure a polio-free Pakistan
21 November 2023
First visit by the POB and representatives from all GPEI partners to Pakistan in 2023.
