News Stories
01/09/2014
The final frontiers to polio eradication in Nigeria are being addressed through an increased focus on immunization in border settlements.
01/09/2014
More countries are introducing compulsory polio vaccination requirements for visa applications, following the declaration of polio as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May 2014.
25/08/2014
Possibility of undetected circulation
07/08/2014
But a major challenge for polio fighters and requires complex coordination
24/06/2014
The Horn of Africa outbreak has slowed, but the threat of spread persists: pockets of children in hard-to-reach areas are still unable to receive vaccines. Dr. Hassan Khan, a WHO Medical Officer in Somalia, shares insight on how vaccination efforts unfold
13/06/2014
For the first time in five years, a door-to-door anti-polio campaign took place from 7-8 June in Bara sub-division of Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan
30/05/2014
Global Polio Eradication Initiative mourns loss of “public health leader and true hero of our times”
20/05/2014
Rotary Club Marseille launches smart-watch to raise funds for polio eradication
16/05/2014
For the first time in the Middle East, mobile technology helps answer this question, in Iraq.
05/05/2014
To Protect Progress, WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International Concern
30/04/2014
Updated recommendations endorsed at last month’s SAGE meeting
28/04/2014
To discuss international spread of wild poliovirus
