News Stories
27/10/2017
A youth circus group is encouraging vaccination and providing education in an innovative and engaging way
27/10/2017
Harvard University hosts an online forum to examine how social data is helping the polio programme reach the last child.
24/10/2017
Rotary and the Gates Foundation host fifth annual World Polio Day to highlight progress in the fight to eradicate the disease
24/10/2017
This World Polio Day provides an opportunity to reflect on a year of progress towards a polio-free world.
20/10/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2017
11/10/2017
National authorities for containment encouraged to initiate first steps in containment certification process
11/10/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for September 2017
10/10/2017
Afghanistan is closer than ever to eradicating polio. Through this photo essay, discover 10 innovative approaches that are bringing Afghanistan closer to ending polio, for good.
10/10/2017
The Pakistan polio snapshot gives a monthly update on key information and activities of the polio eradication initiative in Pakistan.
August updates include:
Two new cases of polio reported – the total for 2017 is now five
At a meeting of the Na...
28/09/2017
In polio-endemic countries, frontline workers are utilizing every opportunity to ensure no child is left behind
25/09/2017
With the global polio case count at the lowest in history, there has never been a better time to invest in surveillance for poliovirus.
14/09/2017
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for August 2017
13/09/2017
Despite challenges, polio vaccination campaigns have been carried out in Syria in response to an outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus
28/08/2017
Polio has not been detected for a year, but that doesn't mean it’s gone
25/08/2017
Armed with maps and motorbikes, religious leaders cover great ground in support of polio vaccination