News Stories
07/04/2014
Middle East polio outbreak response continues
06/04/2014
SAGE reviews current status of global polio eradication effort
26/03/2014
120 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Gain Low-Cost Access to IPV
25/03/2014
The Principality of Monaco has donated €170 000 to polio eradication operations worldwide, with a particular emphasis on Niger
28/02/2014
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and the GAVI Alliance welcome the conclusion of UNICEF’s tender process
28/02/2014
Finding polio cases, wherever they are
12 March 2014 – Polio is a sneaky virus. For every paralytic case, there are around 200 other individuals quietly spreading the virus. That’s why it’s crucial that surveillance systems are sensitive enough to detec...
27/02/2014
WHO takes steps to assess public health benefits of tightening application of polio vaccination recommendations for travellers
27/02/2014
Islamic Advisory Group adopts urgent plan of action against polio
Jeddah, 27 Feb 2014 – The world’s leading Islamic scholars, led by the Grand Imam of the Holy Mosque of Mecca, today stated that protection against diseases is obligatory and admissible und...
26/02/2014
Dr Oyewale Tomori, Chairman of Nigeria’s Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization
18/02/2014
Courageous Pakistani mothers, like polio survivor Saima, are key to ending polio’s paralysing effects on children for good – not just in Pakistan, but all over the world.
This is not the first time Saima Liaqat has shown her courage.
Stricken by po...
11/02/2014
A surveillance system proved to be the most important milestone in the journey of polio eradication in India,
Testing in Mumbai laboratory of the Enterovirus Research Centre
ERC
Much has been written about India’s success against polio...
10/02/2014
Money to support final push for polio eradication
GENEVA, (Feb. 8, 2014) – Buoyed by progress made in two of three countries where polio has never been stopped and India’s recent success marking three years polio-free, the Lawrence Ellison Foundation...