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21/03/2018
What does it take to vaccinate every child in Afghanistan?
02/03/2018
US$ 3.2 million pledged for equipment to help detect the last remaining reservoirs of the virus.
16/02/2018
In Afghanistan, frontline health workers explain to parents why the polio vaccine must be delivered multiple times
12/02/2018
The polio surveillance system is finding the virus in the most challenging areas so that children can be protected and polio stopped for good.
09/02/2018
Sudan is on guard against polio, despite no case in eight years
22/01/2018
Over the critical ‘low transmission season’, Pakistan’s polio programme is working feverishly to identify and vaccinate every high-risk mobile child
29/12/2017
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is partnering with institutions in seven countries to help document and disseminate knowledge from the polio programme
18/12/2017
Member states commended for support of polio eradication efforts at the recent Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in Jeddah
18/12/2017
Global progress and renewed commitment brought us closer than ever to a world without polio.
12/12/2017
Recommendations for further interventions in Pakistan and Afghanistan as progress towards polio eradication is put under the microscope.
16/11/2017
With families on the move posing one of the biggest challenges to eradication in Pakistan, an innovative campaign is vaccinating children on trains.
15/11/2017
A new approach is improving Sudan’s ability to identify the poliovirus and remain polio-free, despite challenges.
07/11/2017
High level support from Ministers of Health is critical to ensure polio eradication success.
03/11/2017
Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio Eradication at the World Health Organization, spoke to Gavi about the difficulties in vaccinating every child and what the success of the polio eradication programme means for our work to tackle other diseases.
27/10/2017
Harvard University hosts an online forum to examine how social data is helping the polio programme reach the last child.
