13/03/2021
Countries gear up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), a modified vaccine, known as novel oral...

12/01/2021
New GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary takes helm of global polio effort

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...

07/01/2021
In the final statement of 2020, the POB looks ahead at the next chapter

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...

18/12/2020
Women Leaders in Polio Eradication: Jawahir Habib

UNICEF Programme Officer Jawahir Habib explains why polio eradication is a force for social change.

15/12/2020
Aidan O’Leary new Director for Polio at WHO

New director joins with wealth of emergencies and public health experience

11/11/2020
Global health leaders urge emergency action on polio at World Health Assembly

Plea for international solidarity, following WHO/UNICEF call for emergency action

06/11/2020
UNICEF and WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemics

As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases

29/10/2020
Coffee with Polio Experts: Dr Zubair Wadood

We talk to Dr Wadood about the impact of COVID-19 on the global polio eradication effort, and how the polio infrastructure is supporting COV...