This snapshot shows all polio events and outbreaks that occurred/were ongoing in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2022
When a mother brought her young son to a clinic in Paghman, a town not far from the Afghan capital Kabul, Spogmai, a nurse on duty at the ti...
Recommendations from the international review of Afghanistan’s poliovirus surveillance system are yielding important results for the country...
As 2022 draws to a close, independent technical bodies from key epi-centres dive deep on what it will take to achieve success in 2023
ISLAMABAD, DEC 2, 2022
Together, we can end polio!
We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the...
More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of di...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
11 October 2022
“Rarely have I seen such commitment and dedication as I have seen in Pakistan.”
Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children,...
Dr Abdinoor Mohamed, an epidemiologist tells us about his team's travel to Afghanistan to review the country’s polio surveillance system, vi...
A story of determination, friendship and support
One year on from Afghanistan’s transition of power in August 2021, WHO’s polio eradication programme has made critical gains – but the job i...
Teams urgently mobilized to help respond to disaster
G7 and Commonwealth Heads of Government call for strengthened support to global polio eradication effort
US$4.8 billion budget needed to implement new Strategy and eradicate the infectious disease Germany announces it will co-host polio pledgin...
With wild polio at lowest levels in history, SAGE also turns focus on post-eradication
Polio workers in Afghanistan like Subhania are working hard to protect children against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.
Statements by Regional Director EMRO and United Nations in the country
Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children
“I hope one day I can tell my son the story of how polio was eradicated and how no child will ever be paralyzed by this virus again.”
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of ga...
Soni Faisal’s work to eradicate polio has been as healing for her as it has been for the children she’s determined to help.
