23/03/2017
From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

116 million children to be immunized from coast to coast across the continent, as regional emergency outbreak response intensifies

27/01/2017
Polio front and centre at annual meeting of global public health leaders

Ministries of health from around the world call for urgent measures to secure lasting polio-free world

18/01/2017
Polio Programme Underpinning Measles Campaign in Nigeria

In January, the polio programme is contributing to the protection of more than 4 million children against measles.

24/11/2016
Intensifying Outbreak Response Efforts Across Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin

Regional emergency outbreak response is being further intensified, amid humanitarian crisis and insecurity.

06/09/2016
Appeal for Nigeria

GPEI appeals for support to respond to a polio outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria as part of the broader humanitarian response effort

31/08/2016
Public health emergency declared in Lake Chad basin following Nigeria polio outbreak

Government officials from across the Lake Chad sub-region call for a co-ordinated regional response following the recent wild polio cases in...

11/08/2016
First wild poliovirus cases in Nigeria since July 2014

Rapid multi-country response planned, as Nigeria declares national public health emergency

30/05/2016
Global Leaders Commit to Polio Eradication at World Health Assembly

During the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva global leaders have reaffirmed commitment to ending polio once and for all.