News Stories
23/07/2018
Across the Lake Chad Basin, e-Surve technology is revolutionizing the way that the polio programme conducts disease surveillance
23/07/2018
New study shows fractional dose IPV (fIPV) boosts mucosal immunity in previously OPV-vaccinated children.
18/07/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for May 2018
12/07/2018
Government launches emergency measures to prevent children from lifelong paralysis.
10/07/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2018
29/06/2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s continued support for polio eradication celebrated at the 2018 Rotary International Convention.
29/06/2018
In the sahel surrounding Lake Chad, health workers provide vaccines to refugees and internally displaced people.
27/06/2018
In hard-to-reach communities, a Canada-funded project is opening up access to health.
22/06/2018
Outbreak response to be launched to stop further spread of the virus
21/06/2018
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced today an additional US$ 2 million to fund polio outbreak response and surveillance activities in the Horn of Africa.
15/06/2018
Following unconfirmed reports on 8 June of suspected polio re-emergence in Venezuela, final laboratory testing has confirmed the cause of the paralysis is not wild poliovirus or vaccine-derived poliovirus.
15/06/2018
“We reconfirm our resolve to work with partners to eradicate polio and effectively manage the post-polio transition.”
14/06/2018
Flexible support to Nigeria also approved.
13/06/2018
In response to media reports about a polio case in Venezuela which emerged last week, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) wishes to clarify that these reports cannot be confirmed at this time.
31/05/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for April 2018
