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19/09/2018
Quickly detecting every poliovirus is critical to achieve a polio-free Pakistan. Surveillance officers like Dr Nosheen Safdar work hard to make sure no poliovirus escapes detection.
18/09/2018
Darcy Levison, WHO Polio Eradication Officer, speaks to us about the logistical challenges of reaching every single child with polio vaccine in the Lake Chad subregion.
12/09/2018
Anand Balachandran, former Coordinator Polio Transition, speaks to us about ensuring the infrastructure built up to eradicate polio will continue to benefit broader public health goals, long after the disease has been eradicated.
31/08/2018
Meet WHO’s Chris Maher, who has spent 25 years following polio to its last hiding places.
30/08/2018
On Pakistan Independence Day, vaccinators break records for the number of children protected against polio.
30/08/2018
Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, made significant and important contributions to global efforts to eradicate polio.
30/08/2018
By Roland Sutter, Research, Policy and Containment Team, Polio Eradication Department, WHO
29/08/2018
UNICEF community mobilizers engage mothers and fathers to ensure that every child is safe from polio.
27/08/2018
The innovations making a difference to outbreak response.
21/08/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for July 2018
16/08/2018
Take a look at how the Papua New Guinea Government, the World Health Organization, and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are responding to the country’s recent outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
08/08/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for June 2018
08/08/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for June 2018
30/07/2018
In the face of ongoing transmission of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) affecting the country, provincial governors from across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) convened an urgent emergency high-level meeting in Kinshasa la...
24/07/2018
Afia is part of one of the biggest female work forces in Afghanistan.
