11 March 2024
A new investment case shows that successful polio transition in the 8 priority countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region will have a...
Global Polio Partners, Paris Saint-Germain Endowment Fund, and the French Gaming Community Unite to #ENDPOLIO
Last year, the Polio Oversight Board visited Pakistan twice, acknowledging the unprecedented support and commitment by all stakeholders to e...
Rigorous independent review to assess status to meeting end-2023 critical goals
Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, reflects on his time eradicating polio in India and what less...
Qatar, supported by WHO, ramps up surveillance for polio during the FIFA World Cup 2022
Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children,...
19 September 2022
Polio cases have nose-dived by 99% since the late 1980s after a push to eradicate the disease, but clusters of cases across the world indica...
Group issues recommendations to tackle both WPV1 outbreak in south-east Africa and variants across sub-Saharan Africa
José Manuel Albares, a Gender Champion for Polio Eradication pays tribute to women in polio eradication
Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of ga...
While tremendous progress has been made in the fight against polio, wild poliovirus remains endemic to two countries and the threat of cVDPV...
Funding to be used to vaccinate more than 16 million children in 84 highest risk districts
Launch of the Polio Eradication Strategic Plan 2022-2026
Pakistan is one of two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic making it essential that the entire country supports the successful i...
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...
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for January 2021
By asking polio eradicators to “put on their gender glasses”, Heather Monnet is a driving force behind the GPEI gender strategy.
Dr. Folake Olayinka speaks about overcoming gender-related barriers to immunization.
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2020
Even in face of global COVID-19 pandemic, governments and partners start the battle afresh, determined to finish polio once and for all
