News Stories
03/12/2015
Government officials from Ireland honoured
30/11/2015
Leaders from Malta, Canada, Nigeria, Pakistan and UK, UN Secretary-General and Commonwealth Secretary-General Designate call for one last push to end deadly disease
26/11/2015
Programme improvements and innovations in 2015 have brought us closer to ending polio in Pakistan – but the road ahead is rough.
23/11/2015
Poliovirus Containment – A Key Objective for the Polio Endgame Strategy
17/11/2015
Committed Afghans are working to better reach children in the midst of a shifting security landscape
10/11/2015
Three years on since the last child was paralysed by wild poliovirus type 3, we look back on how we got here
04/11/2015
On 1 November 2015, Rotary International raised US$300,000 for the global polio eradication effort, at a concert held at the world-famous KKL (Culture and Convention Center) in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event saw internationally-renowned conductor Giov...
26/10/2015
Landmark decision paves way for worldwide trivalent to bivalent OPV switch
24/10/2015
On 24 October, people around the world are voicing their gratitude for the incredible efforts of countless people to eradicate polio.
23/10/2015
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative says thank you to the countless of people who have worked tirelessly to stop the polio outbreak in the Middle East.
23/10/2015
Fourteen months since the most recent case of wild poliovirus in Somalia and the entire African continent, the polio outbreak in Somalia has been officially declared over.
21/10/2015
After an outbreak of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus was reported in Ukraine in September, a vaccination campaign using the oral polio vaccine has been launched.
21/10/2015
Join Rotary International and UNICEF at their World Polio Day event on 23 October and be part of the conversation.
20/10/2015
In the lead up to World Polio Day on 24 October, join the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to reflect on the incredible achievements of the past year.
