News Stories
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.
03/06/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2020
03/06/2020
We join Joana on a vaccination day in Happyland, one of the poorest and most densely populated areas of the city.
27/05/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for March 2020
27/05/2020
Melissa Corkum, Polio Outbreak Response Senior Manager for UNICEF, has dedicated a large part of her professional life to ending polio.
26/05/2020
Personnel from the country’s long-running polio programme have been trained to detect COVID-19 cases.
18/05/2020
Continued funding is crucial to respond to COVID-19, end polio and tackle other vaccine-preventable diseases.
