Polio outbreak in Ukraine closed
A child from the Roma community receives oral polio vaccine at a community health care centre in Mukachevo district, Ukraine, on 27 February 2023. © WHO/EURO WHO/Europe has declared an…
A child from the Roma community receives oral polio vaccine at a community health care centre in Mukachevo district, Ukraine, on 27 February 2023. © WHO/EURO WHO/Europe has declared an…
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) welcomes the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which presents a rigorous independent review of the programme’s progress toward its goals —…
Dr Nadeem Jan, newly-appointed interim Federal Health Minister Pakistan, and Aidan O’Leary, Chair of the GPEI Strategy Committee. © NEOC Pakistan 4 September 2023 – Recognising the importance of Pakistan…
Geospatial Tracking Systems have a critical role to play in the monitoring of vaccination teams during polio outbreak response campaigns. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…
One of the first tasks they took on was to find ways to detect the possible spread of an outbreak of variant poliovirus that was confirmed in December 2022 after…
Status: affected by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) Polio this week in Tanzania One cVDPV2 case was reported in Rukwa making it the first in the country. A cVDPV2 was…
ISLAMABAD, JULY 21, 2023 – A high-level delegation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), including the Polio Oversight Board, visited Pakistan to discuss the impact of political transition on…
Once children are vaccinated against polio, they are marked on their fingers to confirm their vaccination status. © WHO/AFRO With 117 confirmed cases of circulating variant polioviruses and 107 detections…