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03/04/2013
Campaign quality still a challenge in Southern Region
18/09/2012
Cricket teams join forces to appeal to parents to immunize their children against polio and end the crippling disease in the region once and for all.
01/07/2012
Decline partially offset by use of new vaccines; new emergency plans in 2012 to reverse trend
08/02/2012
'Permanent’ polio vaccination teams
In efforts to find new ways to reach children that live in areas plagued by insecurity, Afghanistan is preparing to send out Permanent Polio Vaccination Teams. These teams are formed by members of local communities...
29/10/2011
Ramesh Ferris, Canadian Rotarian and polio survivor, travels to Australian and Afghanistan to advocate for polio-free world.
Ramesh Ferris, Canadian Rotarian and himself polio survivor, last month travelled to Australia to work with key partn...
30/09/2011
Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF working to reach all underimmunized children wherever they live, priority outreach is being directed to Southern Region.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of World Health Organ...
25/01/2011
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi joins the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to purchase and deliver polio vaccines for Afghan and Pakistani children and protect them from paralysis.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bill Gates, Co-C...
02/09/2010
1.5 million children vaccinated
September 2010 / Kabul, Afghanistan - In a region that has been polio-free for nearly a decade, a new polio case has been detected in the Imam Sahib district of the north-eastern Afghan province of Kunduz bordering Tajikist...
16/02/2010
Polio, peace and partnership
For the past three days, 19 000 health workers travelled from house-to-house in 14 provinces to reach 2.8 million children under 5 years of age in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan. The immunization...
15/02/2010
Under-fives in Nad Ali District are missing out on polio immunization due to an ongoing military operation
Under-five children in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, are missing out on polio immunization due to an ongoing militar...
06/03/2024
A new investment case shows that successful polio transition in the 8 priority countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region will have a very high return on investment.
06/02/2024
To help end all polio transmission and meet the broader health needs of communities now, the GPEI works with a range of partners to integrate polio services with other health programs.
26/01/2024
Health leaders call for focused efforts in endemic and most consequential geographies
