18/12/2025
2025 – A Year that Tested Us and Prepared Us to Finish the Job

End-of-year message from Dr Jamal Ahmed, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO, and Chair of the Strategy Committee of the Global Polio Eradicati...

09/12/2025
Technical Advisory Group calls for bold steps against polio in Pakistan

08/12/2025
Global Leaders pledge US$ 1.9 billion in Abu Dhabi to End Polio and protect children worldwide

03/12/2025
Gavi and Global Polio Eradication Initiative Boards Convene for Second Joint Session

02/12/2025
Why OPV Remains Essential — And How the World Will Eventually Stop Using It

An interview between PolioNews and Dr Ondrej Mach, Polio Research Coordinator, WHO

25/11/2025
Global and national experts concur: ending polio in Pakistan – and the world – is within reach

21/11/2025
Indonesia announces closure of polio outbreak

18/11/2025
Three facilities holding poliovirus achieve full containment certification

Progress made, momentum needed

14/11/2025
25 Years Polio-Free: Western Pacific Countries Renew Commitment to Polio Eradication

13/11/2025
In pursuit of eradication: Dr Hamid Jafari’s enduring legacy

29/10/2025
Rotary Concert in Lucerne Raises Enough Funds to Save More than 100,000 from Lifelong Polio Paralysis

24/10/2025
Mohamed Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity to host global pledging moment for polio in Abu Dhabi

17/10/2025
GPEI Partners Set Key Actions for 2026 – a critical year to end polio

10/10/2025
Masood Khan, Pakistan: From polio survivor to vaccinator in Peshawar

07/10/2025
Health leaders unite to tackle polio across the Horn of Africa and Yemen

07/08/2025
Update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on programmatic challenges and accountability

23/06/2025
Rotary and Gates Foundation extend partnership to end polio

Joint commitment will add US$450 million to global polio eradication efforts over three years

12/06/2025
From Kabul to Kandahar: Inside Afghanistan’s first polio campaigns of 2025

28/05/2025
Honoring Sebastião Salgado

A tribute to a visionary who captured the humanity behind polio eradication

28/04/2025
Health ministers renew urgent call to end polio in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Regional leaders call for intensified support to stop wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan

12/03/2025
Dr Jamal Ahmed appointed WHO Director for Polio Eradication and Chair of GPEI Strategy Committee

Experienced, long-time polio eradicator takes helm of global effort

26/02/2025
Technical Advisory Group urges strong action to eradicate polio in Afghanistan

24/02/2025
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms US$ 500 million commitment to global polio eradication effort

Critical funds will be immediately disbursed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to help end wild polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan a...

28/01/2025
Global health experts convene in Pakistan for emergency measures to stop endemic poliovirus once and for all

05/11/2024
Hamid Jafari: the polio endgame and its challenges

Hamid Jafari talks to Gary Humphreys about the non-linear nature of progress toward polio eradication and the challenges faced in the last t...