News Stories
08/06/2017
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak has been confirmed in Deir-Ez-Zor Governorate
31/05/2017
How Nigeria’s Volunteer Community Mobilizers are delivering more than just polio vaccines
30/05/2017
After a polio outbreak, how do experts make sure that the virus is gone for good?
29/05/2017
The Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations removes Lao PDR from list of infected countries
26/05/2017
With eradication closer than ever, delegates to the World Health Assembly discussed how to finish the job and address the challenges of the post-polio world.
24/05/2017
The World Health Assembly has elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of the World Health Organization
23/05/2017
Polio staff in Nigeria have contributed emergency response expertise in Sokoto State
22/05/2017
Health Ministers of the Group of Twenty have emphasized the importance of polio eradication and transition planning efforts at their inaugural meeting in Berlin, Germany
04/05/2017
Pakistan’s polio surveillance network provides a silent force behind eradication efforts
03/05/2017
Parents, community leaders and students are hunting down the poliovirus in inaccessible areas in Somalia
28/04/2017
It takes a village to raise a child - and to protect them from polio.
27/04/2017
Traditional leaders are taking action to get more children vaccinated and to rid northern Nigeria of polio, once-and-for-all.
25/04/2017
In a remote corner of northern Nigeria, 95% of children are being reached with the polio vaccine.
24/04/2017
Polio eradication efforts closer than ever to likely triumph – making it more important than ever to finish the job, says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director General.
