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

12/06/2024
Dr Chukwuemeka Agbo, a polio champion passes on

Our sincerest condolences for the loss

06/06/2024
Michael & Akosua Essien Visit Liberia to Champion Polio Eradication in West Africa

Advocating for a Polio-Free Future for Every Child

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...

13/05/2024
John Sever, a champion of polio eradication, dies

John Sever, an infectious disease specialist and champion of Rotary’s polio eradication program, died on 25 April. He was 92.

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

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

22/04/2024
GPEI partners join in celebrating 50 years of EPI

World Immunization Week highlights the importance of immunization globally

11/03/2024
Investments in women: investments in health

Women play central, diverse and multifaceted roles in safeguarding children from polio, proving that investments in women’s capacities and s...

29/01/2024
2024 Gates Foundation Annual Letter

Philanthropy’s once-in-a-generation opportunity

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

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.

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

18/05/2023
GPEI’s 35th Anniversary

From Polio to Progress

21/03/2023
Polio programme provides vital support to nationwide measles vaccination in Afghanistan

21 March 2023

15/03/2023
Rotary International President insists Rotarians have to finish the job of eradicating polio

Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, is on a brief tour of London. Speaking at the House of Commons she said that Rotary had to d...

08/03/2023
This is what lab leaders look like: voices of women leading lab innovations to end polio

In the polio eradication programme, women are forces to be reckoned with. They play important and integral roles at all levels of the progra...

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