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02/04/2020
Health workers are the beating heart of every health system and the majority - seventy percent worldwide - are women. Meet Noora, Zainab and Feriha, who deliver polio vaccine to communities against formidable odds.
09/03/2020
Dr. Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio Eradication for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, speaks to us about the actions the programme is taking to turn the tide against the poliovirus in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region.
06/03/2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for January 2020
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
22/01/2020
Exploring the ‘plus’ in PolioPlus.
13/01/2020
To prevent a possible outbreak, WHO and national health authorities have been implementing vaccination campaigns and boosting disease surveillance.
