News Stories
05/03/2020
To end polio we must overcome gender barriers and support equality everywhere.
03/03/2020
Meet WHO’s Dr Faten Kamel, who has spent close to 25 years outsmarting the virus in the Middle East, Horn of Africa and Central Asia.
27/02/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2020
19/02/2020
At a vaccination campaign in Lahore, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed personal commitment to end polio.
10/02/2020
In face of challenging epidemiology, global health experts endorse new cVDPV2 response strategy
06/02/2020
Meet the experts who deploy at a moment’s notice to fight outbreaks across the region.
03/02/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for December 2019
03/02/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2019
13/01/2020
To prevent a possible outbreak, WHO and national health authorities have been implementing vaccination campaigns and boosting disease surveillance.
07/01/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2019
07/01/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2019
21/12/2019
Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
19/12/2019
GPEI head Michel Zaffran sheds light on the global cVDPV2 situation, the need for type 2-containing OPV, and implications for containment
15/12/2019
Gender-disaggregated data drives progress in Nigeria’s polio eradication programme.
11/12/2019
Part three in our series on the ‘plus’ in PolioPlus.
