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   16/05/2023
Leaders commend polio value for broader public health emergencies and call for strengthened support to achieve polio-free world
   24/04/2023
From the field: polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan
   06/03/2023
Seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks - 28 February 2023
   02/02/2023
At WHO Executive Board, experts discuss concrete ways to tackle last remaining polio strong-holds
   08/12/2022
As 2022 draws to a close, independent technical bodies from key epi-centres dive deep on what it will take to achieve success in 2023
   25/10/2022
We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the history books?
   18/10/2022
More than 3000 scientists and health experts from 115 countries urge the world to fully fund eradication strategy following resurgence of disease
   28/09/2022
Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children, but data management software is providing a way forward.
   15/08/2022
One year on from Afghanistan’s transition of power in August 2021, WHO’s polio eradication programme has made critical gains – but the job is far from finished
   08/07/2022
WHO Geographic Information System (GIS) equips over 200 specialists across Africa with essential digital mapping and Mobile Health skills to boost public health systems in their outbreak responses.
   06/07/2022
Parameters for global eradication revisited