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29/05/2017
The Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations removes Lao PDR from list of infected countries
26/05/2017
With eradication closer than ever, delegates to the World Health Assembly discussed how to finish the job and address the challenges of the post-polio world.
24/05/2017
The World Health Assembly has elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of the World Health Organization
23/05/2017
Polio staff in Nigeria have contributed emergency response expertise in Sokoto State
22/05/2017
Health Ministers of the Group of Twenty have emphasized the importance of polio eradication and transition planning efforts at their inaugural meeting in Berlin, Germany
04/05/2017
Pakistan’s polio surveillance network provides a silent force behind eradication efforts
03/05/2017
Parents, community leaders and students are hunting down the poliovirus in inaccessible areas in Somalia
01/05/2017
Anytime a child is paralyzed by polio in any country, the World Health Organization moves fast to stop the outbreak.
28/04/2017
It takes a village to raise a child - and to protect them from polio.
27/04/2017
Traditional leaders are taking action to get more children vaccinated and to rid northern Nigeria of polio, once-and-for-all.
26/04/2017
The polio eradication programme is reaching the most hard to access children and families on the move with vaccines in Pakistan.
25/04/2017
In a remote corner of northern Nigeria, 95% of children are being reached with the polio vaccine.
25/04/2017
From the most remote communities to the laboratory, the World Health Organization makes sure that the pieces of the polio surveillance system work together; so that if the virus is circulating anywhere in the world it will be found – and stopped.
25/04/2017
In every vulnerable country, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative helps make sure that every child receives polio vaccines; even those who are hard to reach. Find out about the role of the World Health Organization within the partnership.
