News Stories

   08/06/2015
Despite over a year without polio, Iraq has hard work ahead to keep children safe from the virus
   05/06/2015
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation gathered in Kuwait in May and pledged continued commitment to the eradication of polio
   02/06/2015
The polio surveillance cycle begins with a child whose life has been devastated by paralysis, but will end with generations of children free from the threat of polio.
   22/05/2015
Ministers of health from around the world attending this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted a landmark resolution to secure a lasting world free of all polio-disease once and for all
   13/05/2015
As Liberia moves towards recovery after the Ebola outbreak, routine immunization is able to protect children once again after a year without services
   05/05/2015
Nepal polio infrastructure aids in emergency relief effort following devastating earthquake
   29/04/2015
Meet the individuals behind the IPV introduction in Bangladesh.
   24/04/2015
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative and routine immunization systems work hand in hand to reduce the immunization gap and protect more children against vaccine-preventable diseases
   23/04/2015
Among UNICEF colleagues killed in an attack on a UN convoy were two polio heroes
   21/04/2015
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization assesses progress towards the withdrawal of oral polio vaccine type 2
   02/04/2015
The launch of IPV in Bangladesh demonstrates what can be achieved through strong integration of polio eradication and routine immunization
   31/03/2015
Frontline health workers are vaccinating children and changing attitudes family by family in the most hard to reach areas of Pakistan
   20/03/2015
April marks the 60th anniversary of the announcement that Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was safe and effective; his work is playing a more important role than ever in securing a polio-free future
   12/03/2015
At the start of 2015, global and regional bodies have been meeting to evaluate progress and establish strategies for the coming year.
   06/03/2015
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women at the heart of polio eradication
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