15/01/2018
Vaccine-derived Polioviruses
To eradicate polio, we need to stop all strains of the virus, including vaccine-derived polioviruses. This short animation explains how these rare virus strains emerge and how to stop them.
Animation is also available with subtitles in other languages: Français | Español | عربي| | 日本語で| 한국 |
Watch more in the polio eradication animation series
Related News
21/09/2023
A success story for public health despite extreme challenges of war
13/09/2023
13 September 2023
04/09/2023
Newly-appointed Pakistan leaders committed to delivering polio-free country
07/08/2023
Since the Republic of Congo first confirmed a case of cVDPV1 in March 2023 (the first such detection in more than two decades), the country has been pioneering the deployment of Geospatial Tracking Systems (GTS) to help curb further transmission.
25/07/2023
At the earliest signs of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, in the middle of April, WHO’s country team sprang into action. After all, conflict and infectious diseases are known to be comrades.
21/07/2023
Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support from communities, government, administrative and security leadership
