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05/05/2014
To Protect Progress, WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International Concern
30/04/2014
Updated recommendations endorsed at last month’s SAGE meeting
28/04/2014
To discuss international spread of wild poliovirus
07/04/2014
Middle East polio outbreak response continues
27/02/2014
WHO takes steps to assess public health benefits of tightening application of polio vaccination recommendations for travellers
27/02/2014
Islamic Advisory Group adopts urgent plan of action against polio
Jeddah, 27 Feb 2014 – The world’s leading Islamic scholars, led by the Grand Imam of the Holy Mosque of Mecca, today stated that protection against diseases is obligatory and admissible und...
10/02/2014
Money to support final push for polio eradication
GENEVA, (Feb. 8, 2014) – Buoyed by progress made in two of three countries where polio has never been stopped and India’s recent success marking three years polio-free, the Lawrence Ellison Foundation...
03/02/2014
The paralysis of children by polio throws into sharp relief the damage to the country’s health infrastructure and the impact of that on the health of the Syrian people
The ongoing outbreak of polio in Syria is one of the most challenging and visible o...
13/01/2014
India marks three years since its last case of polio, despite once being considered the most challenging place to end the disease
Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative joins India and the global community in celebrating a historic global health...
21/11/2013
Supports introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in world’s 73 poorest countries
11/11/2013
Thirteen cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been confirmed in the Syrian Arab Republic.
11/11/2013
Recommends vaccination strategies to reduce risk
