Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives): Afghanistan – two WPV1 cases and two WPV1-positive environmental samples. Pakistan – seven WPV1 cases, one cVDPV2 case and 12...
Pakistan + 22 more
Pakistan + 22 more
Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives): Afghanistan – two WPV1 cases and two WPV1-positive environmental samples. Pakistan – seven WPV1 cases, one cVDPV2 case and 12...
Pakistan + 22 more
In the run up to the WPV certification of the African region next year, the Africa Regional Certification Commission is currently conducting a visit in Nigeria to analyze and verify the accuracy of...
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THE POLIO ENDGAME STRATEGY 2019-2023 GPEI statement on the strategy to achieve and sustain a polio-free world Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) launched the Polio Endgame Strategy...
Pakistan + 21 more
Get up to date on the latest news, funding updates and cases numbers with the latest edition of Polio News. Are you an amateur filmmaker seeking to tell the story of change-makers through the lens of...
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A four-day regional emergency preparedness workshop is currently underway in Lomé, Togo, for senior public health officials to strengthen the capabilities within West African countries to respond to...
MOGADISHU, 24 November 2019 - Health authorities launched today a campaign to vaccinate 1.7 million children against measles and polio in Benaadir, Galguduud, Hirshabelle, Jubaland and South West...
Pakistan + 21 more
US$2.6 billion. That is the amount pledged for polio eradication by global leaders at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi on 19 November 2019. Read more on the remarkable news. Summary of...
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Les pays et les partenaires annoncent des engagements en vue de vacciner 450 millions d’enfants contre la poliomyélite chaque année et de surmonter les obstacles qui empêchent d’atteindre chaque...
Pakistan + 2 more
THE ART OF SURVIVAL: THE POLIO VIRUS CONTINUES TO EXPLOIT HUMAN FRAILTIES INTRODUCTION Our last report followed an in-depth field review of the remaining polio endemic countries. We commissioned and...
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Countries and partners announce commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against polio each year and to overcome barriers to reaching every child ABU DHABI, 19 November 2019 – Today, global...
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Besides Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance and Environmental surveillance, how else do disease surveillance officers track the poliovirus in populated cities, hard-to-reach geographical areas and...
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The GPEI is pleased to announce that the UK Government has confirmed its commitment to eradicating polio by pledging a £400 million contribution for the next four years, which will help vaccinate...
An isolation of a cVDPV2, from an environmental sample was collected on 24 September in Abidjan city. The isolated cVDPV2, which is an orphan virus and linked to a virus detected in Niger in 2018,...
Pakistan + 20 more
Wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been declared as globally eradicated. At an event held on World Polio Day 2019, Professor David Salisbury, chair of the independent Global Commission for the...
Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day 24 October 2019 – In a historic announcement on World Polio Day, an independent commission of experts concluded that wild...
Mahamad combines sports with innovative polio immunization messages Abdullahi Mahamed Noor, hailing from Mogadishu in Somalia, wears multiple hats. By day, he is an experienced and dedicated polio...
Pakistan + 16 more
Preparations for World Polio Day taking place next week on 24 October are in full swing. On that day, the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) is expected to...
Pakistan + 18 more
On 24 October 2019, World Polio Day, an event will be held at the WHO to mark the potential certification of eradication of wild poliovirus type 3. With no poliovirus type 3 detected anywhere in the...
Pakistan + 16 more
September’s Polio News is now available with the latest polio numbers and news updates. Read through the August 2019 Technical Advisory Group (TAG) reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Summary of new...
Long commutes and cold box in hand, no place is too far away in the fight to end polio. Compared to the busy streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland, just 20 kilometres outside of the city are broad...