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28/04/2016
This World Immunization Week, the global goal of polio eradication is closer than ever, although more needs to be done to deliver a world free from the disease
21/04/2016
Despite the end of the outbreak in the Middle East, a photo series shows how countries like Jordan are keeping up the fight against polio
21/04/2016
Despite the end of the outbreak in the Middle East, a photo series shows how countries like Jordan are keeping up the fight against polio
© WHO/J.Swan
While polio continues to circulate anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain a...
08/04/2016
The switch will see the replacement of the trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV) with bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV).
08/03/2016
From reaching every child with polio vaccines to ensuring their children receive the protection they deserve, women are at the heart of polio eradication efforts. Today, we thank them all for their tireless commitment to children
29/01/2016
Recognising both progress and remaining challenges, member states renew commitment to polio eradication at the 2016 Executive Board meeting.
13/01/2016
13 January 2016 - India marks five years without reporting a single case of wild polio. Once considered the most difficult place in the world to eradicate the virus, India’s success in eliminating the disease and maintaining its polio-free status for half...
21/12/2015
The US Congress has approved a total of US$ 228 million for the 2016 federal budget to support global polio eradication efforts in continuation of the country’s longstanding leadership in the fight to end polio
21/12/2015
The Health Minister recognised state governments, partners and frontline health workers in achieving this step towards securing a polio-free future for the children of India
16/12/2015
Progress in 2015 has laid the groundwork for a final push towards a polio-free world.
30/11/2015
Leaders from Malta, Canada, Nigeria, Pakistan and UK, UN Secretary-General and Commonwealth Secretary-General Designate call for one last push to end deadly disease
26/11/2015
Programme improvements and innovations in 2015 have brought us closer to ending polio in Pakistan – but the road ahead is rough.
26/10/2015
Landmark decision paves way for worldwide trivalent to bivalent OPV switch
23/10/2015
Fourteen months since the most recent case of wild poliovirus in Somalia and the entire African continent, the polio outbreak in Somalia has been officially declared over.
