Polio campaign in Gaza Strip reaches around 603 000 children with better access - Joint statement from WHO and UNICEF
Joint statement from WHO and UNICEF
After a thorough evaluation, an independent Polio Outbreak Response Assessment Team (OBRA), has concluded that there is no evidence of ongoi...
26 March 2024
11 March 2024
The Female Mobiliser Vaccinator (FMV) programme supported by UNICEF and partners continues to play a critical role in efforts to reach every...
The frontline worker who lost her feet in a train accident, but never the resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan
Using creative and locally acceptable social behaviour change outreach tactics to engage communities in building trust and reaching children...
A success story for public health despite extreme challenges of war
Kinshasa, 7 July 2023
Twenty years ago, Thongbotho Mphoyakgosi, wanted to be a social worker. “But fate had me here,” she laughs, as she gestures to her surroundi...
60-year-old Raquelina Mazuze is proud of her contribution to the fight against polio as a social mobilizer in her native Mozambique.
A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of WPV1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have...
The Republic of Sudan closed a polio outbreak on 15 September 2022. It had paralyzed 58 children across 42 districts before it stopped circu...
World Health Assembly challenged to take urgent action before window of opportunity closes to eradicate polio; tackle cVDPVs with same urgen...
The support of community leaders and influencers is crucial in motivating parents and caregivers to vaccinate their children against polio
With wild polio at lowest levels in history, SAGE also turns focus on post-eradication
1 March 2022
cVDPV2 outbreak response continues in the country
