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...

23/01/2019
Pakistan polio update – November 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2018

20/12/2018
A targeted outbreak response: reaching out to Somalia’s high-risk populations

In the Horn of Africa polio outbreak, immunization efforts are focusing on a group known as “special populations”.

19/12/2018
Djibouti carries out mass immunization activity to protect children against polio amid outbreaks

Early analysis of campaign data points to a successful vaccination round in a polio-free country at risk of possible importation.

03/12/2018
Syria Polio outbreak stopped

After an 18-month long intensive vaccination campaign in the face of a poliovirus outbreak in Syria, the outbreak has been successfully stop...

30/11/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – November 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2018

27/11/2018
Pakistan polio update – October 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2018

19/11/2018
How India Eradicated Polio

What did we learn?

02/11/2018
Pakistan polio update – September 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2018

31/10/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – October 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for October 2018

29/10/2018
Religious leaders fuelling demand for polio vaccines and health services in Nigeria

Religious clerics promote routine immunization and other health services by delivering messages to husbands, fathers and sons at mosques.

30/09/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – September 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for September 2018

24/09/2018
Building Community Trust in Pakistan

Meet a religious leader helping to end polio in Pakistan.

20/09/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – August 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for August 2018

20/09/2018
Outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In a complex environment, partners of the polio programme are working to vaccinate every child.

29/08/2018
Meet a father championing for his children’s vaccinations

UNICEF community mobilizers engage mothers and fathers to ensure that every child is safe from polio.

21/08/2018
Pakistan polio update – July 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for July 2018

08/08/2018
Pakistan polio update – June 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for June 2018

08/08/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – June 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for June 2018

24/07/2018
“I won’t stop working until every child is protected”

Afia is part of one of the biggest female work forces in Afghanistan.

18/07/2018
Pakistan polio update – May 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for May 2018

10/07/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – May 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2018

26/06/2018
Women in polio eradication: “It was my dream to become a doctor”

Dr Farzia Sadat was forced out of university for six years, but she persisted. Now she manages over a thousand people in the polio eradicati...

31/05/2018
Pakistan polio update – April 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for April 2018

30/05/2018
Afghanistan polio snapshot – April 2018

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2018