News Stories
25/08/2020
Support from national governments and global donors critical to the region’s success against wild polio and must continue to achieve a polio-free world
25/08/2020
How the African Region is Celebrating the End of Wild Polio while cVDPV Outbreaks Continue
25/08/2020
Visit the "Africa Kicks Out Wild Polio" website for content on the WHO African Region’s efforts to eradicate wild polio.
20/08/2020
Dr. Ana Elena Chevez has a message for a new generation of women public health leaders.
30/07/2020
Vaccinators aim to fill urgent immunity gaps that have widened in the under-five population.
28/07/2020
Meet a few of the women in Rotary playing a pivotal role in the effort to eradicate the disease
27/07/2020
While the COVID-19 response dominates community health concerns, every missed opportunity for vaccination puts the fragile gains made against polio in Somalia at risk of being undone.
22/07/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2020
20/07/2020
Messaging apps transform how polio programme workers support families during COVID-19.
13/07/2020
Polio personnel are putting in the hours to strengthen response.
06/07/2020
Significant polio programme resources are being used to fight the pandemic.
02/07/2020
WHO is looking to fill the Director position of its polio eradication department.
29/06/2020
Polio social mobilisers have adapted their work to support families in Afghanistan.
24/06/2020
Dr Fiona Braka, Immunization Team Lead for WHO Nigeria, speaks about fighting polio outbreaks and toppling gender barriers.
09/06/2020
US$ 8.8 billion pledged to fund immunization through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
