News Stories
25/03/2014
The Principality of Monaco has donated €170 000 to polio eradication operations worldwide, with a particular emphasis on Niger
28/02/2014
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and the GAVI Alliance welcome the conclusion of UNICEF’s tender process
28/02/2014
Finding polio cases, wherever they are
12 March 2014 – Polio is a sneaky virus. For every paralytic case, there are around 200 other individuals quietly spreading the virus. That’s why it’s crucial that surveillance systems are sensitive enough to detec...
27/02/2014
WHO takes steps to assess public health benefits of tightening application of polio vaccination recommendations for travellers
27/02/2014
Islamic Advisory Group adopts urgent plan of action against polio
Jeddah, 27 Feb 2014 – The world’s leading Islamic scholars, led by the Grand Imam of the Holy Mosque of Mecca, today stated that protection against diseases is obligatory and admissible und...
26/02/2014
Dr Oyewale Tomori, Chairman of Nigeria’s Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization
18/02/2014
Courageous Pakistani mothers, like polio survivor Saima, are key to ending polio’s paralysing effects on children for good – not just in Pakistan, but all over the world.
This is not the first time Saima Liaqat has shown her courage.
Stricken by po...
11/02/2014
A surveillance system proved to be the most important milestone in the journey of polio eradication in India,
Testing in Mumbai laboratory of the Enterovirus Research Centre
ERC
Much has been written about India’s success against polio...
10/02/2014
Money to support final push for polio eradication
GENEVA, (Feb. 8, 2014) – Buoyed by progress made in two of three countries where polio has never been stopped and India’s recent success marking three years polio-free, the Lawrence Ellison Foundation...
03/02/2014
The paralysis of children by polio throws into sharp relief the damage to the country’s health infrastructure and the impact of that on the health of the Syrian people
The ongoing outbreak of polio in Syria is one of the most challenging and visible o...
23/01/2014
The UN agencies in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative sign open letter calling on all parties to the Syrian conflict to allow aid to reach children
Two children in a kindergarten Arabic class compete to answer the teacher’s question.
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14/01/2014
More than 2 million children were immunized against polio last week
WHO Syria
14 January 2014 – According to preliminary results more than 2 million children were immunized against polio across Syria last week during a third round of vaccination in r...
13/01/2014
India marks three years since its last case of polio, despite once being considered the most challenging place to end the disease
Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative joins India and the global community in celebrating a historic global health...
26/12/2013
Ensuring polio-funded resources can continue to strengthen health systems.
Mainstreaming polio efforts into national and international immunization programmes will fortify health systems and enable disease detection and response globally.
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