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
Pakistan polio snapshot – April 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for April 2021

23/06/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – April 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2021

10/06/2021
Countries reaffirm commitment to ending polio at launch of new eradication strategy

Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks

10/06/2021
G7 Health Ministers reaffirm commitment to achieving polio-free world

Support critical ahead of launch of new strategic plan

31/05/2021
Fighting on two fronts: to eradicate polio and to defeat COVID-19

In the middle of a devastating pandemic with no end in sight, a glimmer of hope came in August 2020, on the day the African Region was offic...

25/05/2021
Afghanistan polio snapshot – March 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for March 2021

25/05/2021
Pakistan polio snapshot – March 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2021