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26/05/2017
With eradication closer than ever, delegates to the World Health Assembly discussed how to finish the job and address the challenges of the post-polio world.
22/05/2017
Health Ministers of the Group of Twenty have emphasized the importance of polio eradication and transition planning efforts at their inaugural meeting in Berlin, Germany
03/05/2017
Parents, community leaders and students are hunting down the poliovirus in inaccessible areas in Somalia
27/04/2017
Traditional leaders are taking action to get more children vaccinated and to rid northern Nigeria of polio, once-and-for-all.
24/04/2017
Polio eradication efforts closer than ever to likely triumph – making it more important than ever to finish the job, says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director General.
29/03/2017
The growing role of environmental surveillance in the drive to eradicate polio
17/02/2017
New funding will contribute to emergency efforts in Nigeria and Lake Chad Region to prevent further spread of polio and stop the outbreak for good
30/01/2017
Afghanistan is reaching over 5.6 million children with vaccines against polio during large-scale campaign starting in January.
27/01/2017
Ministries of health from around the world call for urgent measures to secure lasting polio-free world
20/01/2017
A global polio communication package to help equip countries with the strategies and tools to finish polio
16/12/2016
Afghanistan and Pakistan are proving that countries are stronger together in the fight to stop the poliovirus.
08/12/2016
A National Islamic Advisory Group has been established in Somalia to support polio eradication and routine immunization.
07/12/2016
Clinical trials are constantly finding ways to improve the tools and methods used to protect children against polio, even in the most difficult places.
08/11/2016
With SAGE recommending the use of fractional doses of the inactivated polio vaccine, a solution has been found to address global supply constraints
