New national immunization coverage data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
21 February 2024, Aden, Yemen
A polio survivor in Nangarhar shares his challenges and advises parents to vaccinate their children
To help end all polio transmission and meet the broader health needs of communities now, the GPEI works with a range of partners to integrat...
From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan
Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023
A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of WPV1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have...
This is the target year for interrupting all remaining poliovirus transmission globally, both in the remaining endemic countries and in outb...
Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India and what less...
Together, we can end polio!
The Republic of Sudan closed a polio outbreak on 15 September 2022. It had paralyzed 58 children across 42 districts before it stopped circu...
A story of determination, friendship and support
Medical doctors and religious teachers play a crucial role in building trust and convincing families to vaccinate their children against pol...
The first supplementary polio campaign in eight years puts caregivers to the test
The support of community leaders and influencers is crucial in motivating parents and caregivers to vaccinate their children against polio
An outbreak response assessment led by WHO on 11 to 15 April 2022 concluded that poliovirus is no longer circulating in Tajikistan, and ther...
From a remote village in Malawi called Chinthenche to Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and finally the WHO Regional Office for Africa.
“I hope one day I can tell my son the story of how polio was eradicated and how no child will ever be paralyzed by this virus again.”
cVDPV2 outbreak response continues in the country
Soni Faisal’s work to eradicate polio has been as healing for her as it has been for the children she’s determined to help.
More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.
Learn how the type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) is being rolled out across Africa to help more sustainably address outbreaks of a non-...
