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23/03/2021
On Tuesday 16 March, the effort to eradicate polio got a major push from a new backer: the just-inaugurated Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks.
05/03/2021
By asking polio eradicators to “put on their gender glasses”, Heather Monnet is a driving force behind the GPEI gender strategy.
23/02/2021
In a special interview, PolioNews (PN) talks to Holger Knaack (HK), President of Rotary International.
08/02/2021
Report outlines the vital role that the polio eradication network plays in global health security and argues that this infrastructure must be sustained.
26/01/2021
Even in face of global COVID-19 pandemic, governments and partners start the battle afresh, determined to finish polio once and for all
12/01/2021
In a special one-off interview, PolioNews (PN) talks to both Aidan O’Leary (A-O’L) and Michel Zaffran (MZ) about the future of polio eradication.
07/01/2021
After a pandemic that triggered a deep global health and economic crisis, the POB addresses the next phase of GPEI support for COVID-19 response.
18/12/2020
UNICEF Programme Officer Jawahir Habib explains why polio eradication is a force for social change.
15/12/2020
New director joins with wealth of emergencies and public health experience
06/11/2020
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases
23/10/2020
A win for polio is a win for global health
22/10/2020
Dr Farima has overcome many gender barriers to rise in Afghanistan’s polio programme and fight COVID-19.
30/09/2020
Wherever she is in the world, Dr Gerber aims to deliver demonstrable impact to communities.
23/09/2020
Locally recruited health workers in Pakistan lead efforts to engage with families.
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
