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15/01/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for December 2017
09/01/2018
We join Dr Urs Herzog, Rotarian, polio eradicator, National PolioPlus Advocacy Advisor for Rotary Switzerland and polio survivor himself, as he explains the financial costs of the programme and why it is critical that we eradicate every trace of the virus.
29/12/2017
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is partnering with institutions in seven countries to help document and disseminate knowledge from the polio programme
21/12/2017
Carolyn Sein, Technical Officer for the GPEI programme, talks to us about circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses, and the important differences between oral polio vaccine, and inactivated polio vaccine.
21/12/2017
Professor David Salisbury, chair of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, talks us through the process of certifying the world as polio-free, and the importance of containing the virus after eradication.
21/12/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2017
20/12/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2017
18/12/2017
€ 2 million in support pledged to help defeat last remaining reservoirs of the virus
18/12/2017
Member states commended for support of polio eradication efforts at the recent Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in Jeddah
18/12/2017
Global progress and renewed commitment brought us closer than ever to a world without polio.
12/12/2017
Recommendations for further interventions in Pakistan and Afghanistan as progress towards polio eradication is put under the microscope.
12/12/2017
Polio survivors in Burkina Faso are reaching their full potential thanks to Rotary support
12/12/2017
In Pakistan, the polio eradication programme and the routine immunization programme are working hand in hand to increase vaccination coverage in urban areas
07/12/2017
Muslim leaders urge parents to vaccinate their children
06/12/2017
All hands on deck to stop polio in Syria amidst conflict
