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26/04/2022
US$4.8 billion budget needed to implement new Strategy and eradicate the infectious disease
Germany announces it will co-host polio pledging moment in 2022
20/04/2022
Australian and Pakistani cricketers pay tribute to polio workers and helps raise awareness about vaccination to protect children against polio.
14/02/2022
Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children
28/01/2022
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of gains in polio-free countries.
18/01/2022
Soni Faisal’s work to eradicate polio has been as healing for her as it has been for the children she’s determined to help.
20/12/2021
2021 may go down in history as the turning point in the global effort to eradicate polio.
09/11/2021
Polio returned to Tajikistan last year when a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak was declared in the province of Khatlon
25/08/2021
Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative continues operations amidst ongoing instability in the country
10/06/2021
Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks
01/06/2021
New strategy sets out roadmap for polio-free world amid COVID-19
14/04/2021
Somalia’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) has been successfully stopped, with no international spread
01/04/2021
Polio survivor Mujahid Miran recalls the challenges of growing up with disabilities, and how his own experiences led to his commitment to creating awareness on the virus
23/03/2021
On Tuesday 16 March, the effort to eradicate polio got a major push from a new backer: the just-inaugurated Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks.
