26/04/2022
GPEI calls for renewed commitments to achieve promise of a polio-free world

US$4.8 billion budget needed to implement new Strategy and eradicate the infectious disease Germany announces it will co-host polio pledgin...

13/04/2022
SAGE urges global action on unique polio opportunity

With wild polio at lowest levels in history, SAGE also turns focus on post-eradication

23/03/2022
Striving to protect every child against polio in the middle of a humanitarian crisis

Polio workers in Afghanistan like Subhania are working hard to protect children against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.

24/02/2022
Statements on attacks on health workers in Afghanistan

Statements by Regional Director EMRO and United Nations in the country

14/02/2022
EMRO Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks holds fourth meeting

Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children

08/02/2022
‘What I learned from my time contributing to the eradication of polio in Pakistan’

“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.”

28/01/2022
Global health leaders note unique opportunity – complacency now biggest risk to success

WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of ga...

18/01/2022
Polio worker nominated for Presidential honour in Pakistan

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.

21/12/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – November 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2021

20/12/2021
2021 – the year that set the stage for a polio-free world

2021 may go down in history as the turning point in the global effort to eradicate polio.

16/12/2021
Programme progress in Pakistan

High level commitment to ending polio in Pakistan by regional UN leadership

01/12/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – October 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2021

03/11/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – September 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for September 2021

19/10/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – September 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2021

14/09/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – August 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021

07/09/2021
G20 health ministers recommit to polio, stress importance of pandemic response

07 September 2021

25/08/2021
Adapting and delivering

Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative continues operations amidst ongoing instability in the country

19/08/2021
GPEI Statement on Afghanistan

19 August 2021

17/08/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – July 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for July 2021

04/08/2021
GPEI statement on the UK aid cuts

As of 4 August 2021

26/07/2021
United Arab Emirates re-affirms commitment to ending polio in Pakistan

Funding to be used to vaccinate more than 16 million children in 84 highest risk districts

14/07/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – May 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2021

14/07/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – May 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for May 2021

24/06/2021
“Saving the future of our children”: The women fighting polio in Pakistan

Pakistan is one of two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic making it essential that the entire country supports the successful i...

23/06/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – April 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2021