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09/03/2018
In Somalia, determined women are the face of polio eradication.
08/03/2018
Dr Adele Daleke Lisi Aluma works to reach children who have never been vaccinated
06/03/2018
In eastern Afghanistan, one family is helping to vaccinate every last child in their community
02/03/2018
US$ 3.2 million pledged for equipment to help detect the last remaining reservoirs of the virus.
28/02/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for January 2018
21/02/2018
In at-risk areas of Chad, large-scale polio campaigns are increasing the immunity of every child.
20/02/2018
The strong polio eradication infrastructure in Borno is supporting Nigeria to vaccinate over eight million people against yellow fever.
16/02/2018
Polio can’t be cured, but it can be prevented. Two important tools help to prevent polio – two safe, effective vaccines. Find out about the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine and their roles in the polio eradication effort.
16/02/2018
In Afghanistan, frontline health workers explain to parents why the polio vaccine must be delivered multiple times
15/02/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2018
12/02/2018
The polio surveillance system is finding the virus in the most challenging areas so that children can be protected and polio stopped for good.
09/02/2018
Sudan is on guard against polio, despite no case in eight years
02/02/2018
Mohammed Mohammedi, country support officer for the Eastern Mediterranean region, speaks to us about the main challenges facing countries and communities which are at risk of re-infection.
02/02/2018
Hans Everts, long time polio eradicator, shares personal stories from the frontline of outbreak response, and explains how the lessons learned during polio eradication will benefit health programmes in the future.
29/01/2018
Member states and partners discussed how to keep the world polio free after eradication in Geneva
