22/11/2023
Pakistan’s fight to end polio amid the climate crisis

21 November 2023

09/11/2023
High-level GPEI delegation’s visit to Pakistan

First visit by the POB and representatives from all GPEI partners to Pakistan in 2023.

30/10/2023
Fighting polio vaccine misinformation

Engaging digital communities to build trust in vaccines and eradicate polio

25/10/2023
In Eastern Afghanistan, communities engage in polio eradication efforts, but desperately need clean water and sanitation

25 October 2023

24/10/2023
World Polio Day 2023: A global and urgent call to “Make Polio History”

24 October 2023

23/10/2023
Don’t Stop Now: Stories from the Final Push to End Polio

23 October 2023

11/10/2023
European leaders announce new financing partnership to deliver a healthier, polio-free world

BRUSSELS, 11 October 2023

04/09/2023
Polio leaders in Pakistan on extraordinary operations visit

Newly-appointed Pakistan leaders committed to delivering polio-free country

21/07/2023
GPEI delegation concludes visit to Pakistan

Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from commun...

25/05/2023
One world: coming together, to achieve one common goal

Global leaders commit to ending polio once and for all

22/05/2023
Polio: As of today, the world’s only Public Health Emergency of International Concern

21 May 2023

18/05/2023
GPEI’s 35th Anniversary

From Polio to Progress

16/05/2023
G7 Heads of State and Health Ministers call for global support to achieving lasting polio-free world by 2026, ahead of WHA

Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world

24/04/2023
Eliminating a disease is rare: GPEI leadership on polio eradication in Pakistan

Last year, the Polio Oversight Board visited Pakistan twice, acknowledging the unprecedented support and commitment by all stakeholders to e...

24/04/2023
Vaccines, vaccinators, and tally sheets

From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan

18/04/2023
Vaccination on wheels for nomadic children

Pakistan’s polio program has launched a novel initiative to reach children of nomadic families with polio and essential vaccines so that the...

11/04/2023
After the Floods

How the polio program came together to help flood-affected frontline workers

21/03/2023
Polio programme provides vital support to nationwide measles vaccination in Afghanistan

21 March 2023

10/03/2023
Eastern Mediterranean health leaders call for redoubled efforts for a defining year for polio

On Tuesday 28 February 2023, ministers and high-level delegates from across the Eastern Mediterranean Region participated in the seventh mee...

08/03/2023
Co-designing solutions – and futures – at the Pakistan Polio Programme

At the workshops, women health workers were the chief guests while everyone else had one job: to listen.

06/03/2023
Statement on stopping wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023

08/02/2023
Let’s make history

There’s commitment at every level to eradicate polio.

02/02/2023
Global health leaders urge world to be razor-sharp in focus to finish polio once and for all

At WHO Executive Board, experts discuss concrete ways to tackle last remaining polio strong-holds

31/01/2023
Gearing up to stop polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan

16 January 2023

25/01/2023
2022 EMR-MENA Polio Outbreaks and Events at a Glance

This snapshot shows all polio events and outbreaks that occurred/were ongoing in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2022