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...

17/10/2024
GPEI Announces Strategy Extension and Revised Budget to Protect All Children from Polio

11/06/2024
WHO polio workers reflect on their role in 2022 Afghanistan earthquake response

30/04/2024
GPEI partners join in celebrating 50 years of the Islamic Development Bank

30 April 2024

30/04/2024
Closing the gap: the Afghan women gaining ground against vaccine refusals and zero dose children

Across Afghanistan, community advocacy to increase vaccine uptake for polio and other deadly diseases has some unsung champions: the local w...

28/04/2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pledges US$ 500 million to protect children from polio and end the disease for good

New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen h...

24/04/2024
50 Years of Impact: How Polio Eradication and EPI Demonstrate What Is Humanly Possible

By Dr Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

09/04/2024
Celebrating a Polio-free India, Dreaming of a Polio-free World

9 April 2024

27/03/2024
Experts reflect on a decade of Wild Polio-Free Certification for the South-East Asia Region

Interviews with four experts

27/03/2024
Health ministers convene in pivotal year for polio eradication

26 March 2024

08/03/2024
Women on the frontlines of polio eradication in Afghanistan

The Female Mobiliser Vaccinator (FMV) programme supported by UNICEF and partners continues to play a critical role in efforts to reach every...

31/01/2024
Punjab’s dholwallas – the drums of change for polio eradication in Pakistan

Using creative and locally acceptable social behaviour change outreach tactics to engage communities in building trust and reaching children...

29/01/2024
2024 Gates Foundation Annual Letter

Philanthropy’s once-in-a-generation opportunity

26/01/2024
EB eyes success on polio – focus on areas of complex emergencies

Health leaders call for focused efforts in endemic and most consequential geographies

09/01/2024
GPEI press release on nOPV2 prequalification

WHO grants prequalification to innovative polio vaccine, nOPV2, as nearly 1 billion doses are administered

18/12/2023
GPEI – a brief review of 2023 and full focus on 2024

As the year draws to a close, efforts intensify against the virus in 2024