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.
Engaging digital communities to build trust in vaccines and eradicate polio
25 October 2023
24 October 2023
23 October 2023
BRUSSELS, 11 October 2023
Newly-appointed Pakistan leaders committed to delivering polio-free country
Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from commun...
Global leaders commit to ending polio once and for all
21 May 2023
From Polio to Progress
