Global leaders commit to ending polio once and for all
21 May 2023
Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world
From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan
Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023
At WHO Executive Board, experts discuss concrete ways to tackle last remaining polio strong-holds
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
Together, we can end 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...
More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of di...
Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children,...
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...
29 July 2022
Statement
WHO Geographic Information System (GIS) equips over 200 specialists across Africa with essential digital mapping and Mobile Health skills to...
Parameters for global eradication revisited
Teams urgently mobilized to help respond to disaster
G7 and Commonwealth Heads of Government call for strengthened support to global polio eradication effort
Group issues recommendations to tackle both WPV1 outbreak in south-east Africa and variants across sub-Saharan Africa
22 June 2022
New report provides evidence on role of polio workforce in COVID-19 vaccine rollout and essential immunization, and makes the case to sustai...
Sports stars unite for the world’s biggest celebrity football match to raise support toward polio eradication.
World Health Assembly challenged to take urgent action before window of opportunity closes to eradicate polio; tackle cVDPVs with same urgen...
US$4.8 billion budget needed to implement new Strategy and eradicate the infectious disease Germany announces it will co-host polio pledgin...
