23/03/2021
Egypt and UAE co-chair new EMRO ministerial subcommittee on polio

On Tuesday 16 March, the effort to eradicate polio got a major push from a new backer: the just-inaugurated Regional Subcommittee on Polio E...

02/02/2021
Women Leaders in Polio Eradication: Dr. Alda Morais Pedro De Sousa

Dr. De Sousa has spent more than twenty years charting the highs and lows of polio eradication in Angola.

02/12/2020
40 million children in Africa Region vaccinated against polio following re-start of campaigns

After a pause in polio campaigns due to COVID-19, Chad and other African Region countries strive to boost immunity

25/11/2020
Rallying to vaccinate every child in Somalia against polio

Community mobilizers build trust with communities ahead of crucial vaccination campaigns.

13/11/2020
Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) granted EUL recommendation

WHO has issued an Emergency Use Listing recommendation for the type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2)

13/11/2020
Recommandation d’autorisation d’utilisation d’urgence pour un nouveau vaccin

Nouvel outil à utiliser pour lutter contre le PVDVc2

20/10/2020
Heroes work together to end polio in the Philippines

Joint efforts help reach every child with polio vaccine.

07/10/2020
Somalia conducts successful first immunization campaign amid COVID-19

Integrated polio and measles campaign protects thousands of children.

25/08/2020
Q&A with Helen Rees

How the African Region is Celebrating the End of Wild Polio while cVDPV Outbreaks Continue

26/05/2020
Somalia’s polio teams help combat COVID-19

Personnel from the country’s long-running polio programme have been trained to detect COVID-19 cases.

02/04/2020
Meet the courageous women ending polio in Somalia

Health workers are the beating heart of every health system and the majority - seventy percent worldwide - are women. Meet Noora, Zainab and...

10/02/2020
Executive Board endorse intensified polio eradication effort

In face of challenging epidemiology, global health experts endorse new cVDPV2 response strategy

06/02/2020
The rapid response team steering Africa’s polio fight

Meet the experts who deploy at a moment’s notice to fight outbreaks across the region.

21/12/2019
Three African countries halt polio outbreaks

Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, World Health Organizatio...

02/12/2019
Fighting polio, one SMS at a time!

At 25,747 alerts and counting, the AVADAR app is a pivotal tool in the disease surveillance arsenal.

30/10/2019
Meet Junaisa, A little girl with polio

Three-year-old Junaisa is the first child in the Philippines to contract polio since 2001. This is her story.

22/10/2019
Meet the man using basketball to end polio

Mahamed combines sports with innovative polio immunization messages

24/05/2019
“Our challenge is not feasibility, but determination”

Health leaders at 72nd World Health Assembly welcome new Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-23: acknowledge a lot accomplished, a lot more to do to...

14/05/2019
In Indonesia, no mountain is too high, no valley too low

Papua and West Papua provinces rise to challenges of stopping polio

24/04/2019
Everyday heroes of polio eradication

Women are ensuring that the children in Papua New Guinea are protected and vaccinated

18/02/2019
Nowhere to hide

New action plan to close gaps in polio detection

06/02/2019
Public health leadership steps up support for polio eradication efforts

WHO Executive Board’s strong push to finish the job

29/01/2019
2018 in review

Progress in the challenging last mile of eradication

24/01/2019
Polio outbreak confirmed in Mozambique

Following confirmation of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) on 8 January 2019, planning for an outbreak response is und...

23/01/2019
“To succeed by 2023”- extraordinary joint statement to Polio Eradicators

As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) enters its 31st year, the Chairs of the effort’s main global advisory bodies issue an extr...