News Stories
18/01/2017
In January, the polio programme is contributing to the protection of more than 4 million children against measles.
13/01/2017
Today we are proud to be celebrating the sixth anniversary of the last case of polio in India.
10/01/2017
Automated machines at the CDC are increasing the number of samples tested for polio and for immunity against it.
16/12/2016
Afghanistan and Pakistan are proving that countries are stronger together in the fight to stop the poliovirus.
09/12/2016
Pakistan is building a sensitive system to find every last virus by training surveillance officers, scaling up the workforce and increasing environmental surveillance
08/12/2016
A National Islamic Advisory Group has been established in Somalia to support polio eradication and routine immunization.
07/12/2016
Clinical trials are constantly finding ways to improve the tools and methods used to protect children against polio, even in the most difficult places.
25/11/2016
WHO, UNICEF and partners have reached 1.1 million children with the oral polio vaccine in South Sudan this November
24/11/2016
Regional emergency outbreak response is being further intensified, amid humanitarian crisis and insecurity.
23/11/2016
Rotary Foundation has been recognized as the Outstanding Foundation of 2016 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
17/11/2016
Research is delivering faster, cheaper and easier ways to administer the injectable inactivated polio vaccine to every last child
08/11/2016
With SAGE recommending the use of fractional doses of the inactivated polio vaccine, a solution has been found to address global supply constraints
03/11/2016
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative gets polio workers to the most vulnerable locations.
25/10/2016
Polio workers around the world overcome huge obstacles every day to protect millions of children and ensure that we end polio.