World Health Assembly challenged to take urgent action before window of opportunity closes to eradicate polio; tackle cVDPVs with same urgen...
Meeting in Berlin focused on supporting vaccine equity and pandemic response in developing countries
With wild polio at lowest levels in history, SAGE also turns focus on post-eradication
Polio workers in Afghanistan like Subhania are working hard to protect children against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.
Local health authorities conducting investigations to determine source of virus and potential risk of further spread
Wild poliovirus type 1 detected in Lilongwe, Malawi
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of ga...
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.
2021 may go down in history as the turning point in the global effort to eradicate polio.
High level commitment to ending polio in Pakistan by regional UN leadership
For a few incredible eradicators, a life’s purpose doesn’t stop at retirement
More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.
Despite success against wild polio in the African region, outbreaks of the non-wild form of polio, cVDPV2, continue. With continued country...
Learn how the type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) is being rolled out across Africa to help more sustainably address outbreaks of a non-...
Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative continues operations amidst ongoing instability in the country
Launch of the Polio Eradication Strategic Plan 2022-2026
Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks
New strategy sets out roadmap for polio-free world amid COVID-19
As of 4 May 2021
Polio survivor Mujahid Miran recalls the challenges of growing up with disabilities, and how his own experiences led to his commitment to cr...
On Tuesday 16 March, the effort to eradicate polio got a major push from a new backer: the just-inaugurated Regional Subcommittee on Polio E...
Hira’s story epitomizes the heroic contribution of women polio workers in Afghanistan who continue building trust in vaccines among parents...
To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), a modified vaccine, known as novel oral...
In a special one-off interview, PolioNews (PN) talks to both Aidan O’Leary (A-O’L) and Michel Zaffran (MZ) about the future of polio eradica...
After a pandemic that triggered a deep global health and economic crisis, the POB addresses the next phase of GPEI support for COVID-19 resp...
