18/05/2023
GPEI’s 35th Anniversary

From Polio to Progress

16/05/2023
G7 Heads of State and Health Ministers call for global support to achieving lasting polio-free world by 2026, ahead of WHA

Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world

01/05/2023
2023: A Critical Year for polio eradication efforts in northern Nigeria

Northern Nigeria is one of the consequential geographies that now hold the key to a polio-free world. 

24/04/2023
Vaccines, vaccinators, and tally sheets

From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan

11/04/2023
After the Floods

How the polio program came together to help flood-affected frontline workers

31/03/2023
A word from the Chair: 2023 – Aiming for Success through Ongoing Analysis of Global Effort

Rigorous independent review to assess status to meeting end-2023 critical goals

15/03/2023
Rotary International President insists Rotarians have to finish the job of eradicating polio

Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, is on a brief tour of London. Speaking at the House of Commons she said that Rotary had to d...

20/02/2023
Polio – A Congress to Build the Future!

25-27 May 2023, Nancy, France

08/02/2023
Let’s make history

There’s commitment at every level to eradicate polio.

02/02/2023
Global health leaders urge world to be razor-sharp in focus to finish polio once and for all

At WHO Executive Board, experts discuss concrete ways to tackle last remaining polio strong-holds

31/01/2023
Gearing up to stop polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan

16 January 2023

25/01/2023
2022 EMR-MENA Polio Outbreaks and Events at a Glance

This snapshot shows all polio events and outbreaks that occurred/were ongoing in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2022

16/01/2023
2023 – Focus on consequential geographies

This is the target year for interrupting all remaining poliovirus transmission globally, both in the remaining endemic countries and in outb...

12/01/2023
Polio-free India: It seemed impossible until it was done

Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India and what less...

05/12/2022
Pakistan at excellent momentum to end polio, says global delegation

ISLAMABAD, DEC 2, 2022

24/10/2022
Five change makers in the Eastern Mediterranean’s polio eradication programme

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) stands tall on the foundation of millions of women’s efforts and voices.

21/10/2022
World Polio Day, 24 October 2022

Together, we end polio!

18/10/2022
Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio

More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of di...

13/10/2022
Delegates recommit to step up efforts at the 69th Regional Committee for EMRO

Tuesday 11 October 2022

10/10/2022
GPEI Welcomes the Launch of the 2022 Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication

11 October 2022

19/09/2022
In remembrance of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and in recognition of HM King Charles III’s support for polio eradication

19 September 2022

15/08/2022
Afghanistan makes progress in polio eradication but challenges remain

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...

06/07/2022
GCC reviews global certification criteria

Parameters for global eradication revisited

27/06/2022
ARCC calls for urgent action to stop all forms of poliovirus in Africa

Group issues recommendations to tackle both WPV1 outbreak in south-east Africa and variants across sub-Saharan Africa

09/06/2022
Football stars and celebrities unite to help end polio

Sports stars unite for the world’s biggest celebrity football match to raise support toward polio eradication.