News Stories
18/12/2015
With four months to go until the global switch from trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine, we are nearing an important milestone in the journey to a polio-free world
16/12/2015
Progress in 2015 has laid the groundwork for a final push towards a polio-free world.
03/12/2015
Government officials from Ireland honoured
30/11/2015
Leaders from Malta, Canada, Nigeria, Pakistan and UK, UN Secretary-General and Commonwealth Secretary-General Designate call for one last push to end deadly disease
26/11/2015
Programme improvements and innovations in 2015 have brought us closer to ending polio in Pakistan – but the road ahead is rough.
23/11/2015
Poliovirus Containment – A Key Objective for the Polio Endgame Strategy
10/11/2015
Three years on since the last child was paralysed by wild poliovirus type 3, we look back on how we got here
04/11/2015
On 1 November 2015, Rotary International raised US$300,000 for the global polio eradication effort, at a concert held at the world-famous KKL (Culture and Convention Center) in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event saw internationally-renowned conductor Giov...
26/10/2015
Landmark decision paves way for worldwide trivalent to bivalent OPV switch
24/10/2015
On 24 October, people around the world are voicing their gratitude for the incredible efforts of countless people to eradicate polio.
23/10/2015
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative says thank you to the countless of people who have worked tirelessly to stop the polio outbreak in the Middle East.
23/10/2015
Fourteen months since the most recent case of wild poliovirus in Somalia and the entire African continent, the polio outbreak in Somalia has been officially declared over.
21/10/2015
After an outbreak of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus was reported in Ukraine in September, a vaccination campaign using the oral polio vaccine has been launched.
21/10/2015
Join Rotary International and UNICEF at their World Polio Day event on 23 October and be part of the conversation.
