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...

25/05/2023
One world: coming together, to achieve one common goal

Global leaders commit to ending polio once and for all

22/05/2023
Polio: As of today, the world’s only Public Health Emergency of International Concern

21 May 2023

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

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

From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan

06/03/2023
Statement on stopping wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023

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

08/12/2022
Polio experts eye clear tactics in final push to achieve success

As 2022 draws to a close, independent technical bodies from key epi-centres dive deep on what it will take to achieve success in 2023

27/10/2022
GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary’s message on the outcomes of the 2022 pledging moment

Together, we can end polio!

25/10/2022
The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio?

We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the...

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...

28/09/2022
Combining health datasets is helping polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan

Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children,...

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...

21/07/2022
Updated statement on report of polio detection in United States

29 July 2022

13/07/2022
In remembrance of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Hon. Shinzo Abe

Statement

08/07/2022
Innovative digital technologies bridge gaps in the polio response and beyond

WHO Geographic Information System (GIS) equips over 200 specialists across Africa with essential digital mapping and Mobile Health skills to...

06/07/2022
GCC reviews global certification criteria

Parameters for global eradication revisited

05/07/2022
Polio teams support response to devastating earthquake in Afghanistan

Teams urgently mobilized to help respond to disaster

28/06/2022
Global leaders urge action on polio eradication

G7 and Commonwealth Heads of Government call for strengthened support to global polio eradication effort

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

22/06/2022
Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) detected in environmental samples in London

22 June 2022