01/11/2024
Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza

Joint statement by WHO and UNICEF

24/10/2024
85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries

On World Polio Day, UNICEF warns that polio cases in these settings have more than doubled over the past five years

17/10/2024
GPEI Announces Strategy Extension and Revised Budget to Protect All Children from Polio

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