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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.
19/10/2015
This week, in the lead up to World Polio Day on the 24 October, the partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are celebrating progress and preparing for the year to come.
02/10/2015
Sixty thousand people gathered to show their support for more sustainable solutions for people and the planet, including polio eradication.
25/09/2015
Only two countries remain endemic to this paralysing disease
20/09/2015
Declaration further milestone for globally-coordinated vaccine switch in 2016
09/09/2015
Knowing how to prevent and respond to outbreaks of polio is the bread and butter of the work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, including outbreaks of vaccine derived poliovirus
