24/09/2024
GPEI Welcomes 23rd Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board

GPEI Welcomes 23rd Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board

23/09/2024
GPEI welcomes Canada’s pledge of CAN $151 million to achieve global eradication of polio and build stronger health systems worldwide

Canada’s total contributions to polio effort surpass CAN $1 billion since 1988

06/09/2024
First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza

07/08/2024
Tragic passing of GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary

26/07/2024
Regional Health Ministers rally to support immediate steps to stop polio from paralyzing children in the Gaza Strip

31/05/2024
WHO cares about WHA?

Countries convening at this week’s World Health Assembly discuss a range of public health topics – but why does this matter for polio?

14/05/2024
Timely outbreak response, enhanced surveillance halts wild poliovirus transmission in Southern Africa

After a thorough evaluation, an independent Polio Outbreak Response Assessment Team (OBRA), has concluded that there is no evidence of ongoi...

06/05/2024
GPEI delegation visits Pakistan to discuss strategies to eradicate polio with Government of Pakistan

Islamabad, May 4, 2024

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

30 April 2024

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...

26/04/2024
Madagascar – high-level polio meeting aims to further intensify outbreak response

President and First Lady meet with GPEI delegation to discuss measures to increase immunity levels

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

06/12/2023
Inspiring New Generations

Global Polio Partners, Paris Saint-Germain Endowment Fund, and the French Gaming Community Unite to #ENDPOLIO

05/12/2023
Gates Foundation and AFD Partner to Support Last Mile Polio Eradication in Pakistan

As well as Build more Climate Resilient Health Systems

04/12/2023
Islamic Development Bank’s Funding Support Bolsters Pakistan’s Efforts to End Poliovirus for Good 

Islamic Development Bank announces a new US$100 million loan approved in 2023 to help ensure a polio-free Pakistan

22/11/2023
Pakistan’s fight to end polio amid the climate crisis

21 November 2023

09/11/2023
High-level GPEI delegation’s visit to Pakistan

First visit by the POB and representatives from all GPEI partners to Pakistan in 2023.

25/10/2023
In Eastern Afghanistan, communities engage in polio eradication efforts, but desperately need clean water and sanitation

25 October 2023

23/10/2023
Don’t Stop Now: Stories from the Final Push to End Polio

23 October 2023

11/10/2023
European leaders announce new financing partnership to deliver a healthier, polio-free world

BRUSSELS, 11 October 2023

13/09/2023
GPEI Statement on the Independent Monitoring Board’s Review of its 2022-2026 Strategy

13/09/2023

21/07/2023
GPEI delegation concludes visit to Pakistan

Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from commun...