Pakistan is one of two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic making it essential that the entire country supports the successful i...
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for April 2021
In the middle of a devastating pandemic with no end in sight, a glimmer of hope came in August 2020, on the day the African Region was offic...
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2021
Somalia’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) has been successfully stopped, with no international spread
Polio survivor Mujahid Miran recalls the challenges of growing up with disabilities, and how his own experiences led to his commitment to cr...
Spanish Foreign Minister reflects on the role of women in polio eradication after her visit to Chad
Dr. De Sousa has spent more than twenty years charting the highs and lows of polio eradication in Angola.
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2020
Health workers take COVID-19 precautions to deliver polio drops
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for August 2020
Dr Farima has overcome many gender barriers to rise in Afghanistan’s polio programme and fight COVID-19.
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2020
Locally recruited health workers in Pakistan lead efforts to engage with families.
Polio social mobilisers have adapted their work to support families in Afghanistan.
We join Joana on a vaccination day in Happyland, one of the poorest and most densely populated areas of the city.
Melissa Corkum, Polio Outbreak Response Senior Manager for UNICEF, has dedicated a large part of her professional life to ending polio.
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2020
Pledge to help deliver polio vaccines to children worldwide.
All travellers crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan are vaccinated against polio, regardless of age
To truly ensure no child is left behind, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is reaching out to some of the most remote communities in t...
Afghanistan aims to reach the most vulnerable in Southern and Eastern provinces.
By Roland Sutter, Research, Policy and Containment Team, Polio Eradication Department, WHO
On Pakistan Independence Day, vaccinators break records for the number of children protected against polio.
Take a look at how the Papua New Guinea Government, the World Health Organization, and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative a...
