30/11/2011
The Democratic Republic of the Congo holds vaccination campaigns in early November, avoiding any disruptions due to the country's presidential elections
Elections are currently underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and all the country's attent...
29/11/2011
Prime Minister puts in place urgent measures to address drastic rise in new cases; appoints new Polio Focal Point to oversee effort
On 24 November, the Government of Pakistan announced major new changes to the country's polio eradication effort, a...
25/11/2011
Mass polio vaccination campaign to prevent outbreaks
As long as poliovirus continues to circulate anywhere, it threatens children everywhere. Yemen has taken this message on board, ensuring the country's children are protected against polio by holding...
29/10/2011
Immunizing over 9 million
BEIJING---China vaccinated more than 9 million children and young adults last September in Xinjiang in a fight against polio after the disease paralyzed 18 people and killed one of them. Over 4 million children received a...
27/10/2011
As country maintains pressure on the poliovirus through the high season
New Delhi, October 27: “Every child deserves the right to run, to play and to live a healthy life without polio,” Fernando Alonso, two-time world champion Formula 1 Ferrari dr...
24/10/2011
The Last Percent
World Polio Day originally brought people together to remember the birth of a man who led the first team to develop a vaccine against polio, Dr. Jonas Salk. It was the development of this vaccine, and its successor oral polio v...