During the four-day visit to polio endemic countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reiterated WHO’s commitment to help endemic, outbreak and...
As of 1 January 2019, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has taken over as the Chair of the Polio Oversight Board. Starting on 4 January, accompanied by Dr Al Mandhari, RD/EMRO, Dr...
In the Horn of Africa polio outbreak, immunization efforts are focusing on a group known as “special populations”. Since polio was confirmed in Somalia in late 2017, health authorities have led a...
Over 140 public health experts from 22 countries gather at the 6th Regional Meeting on Polio in Guatemala “On the way to global certification” was the theme of this year’s Regional Meeting on Polio,...
Early analysis of campaign data points to a successful vaccination round in a polio-free country at risk of possible importation. In the last week of October, Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, working...
Jean-Marc Olivé, Chairman of the Technical Advisory Group, reflects on what needs to be done to end polio in the Horn of Africa. From the 27 – 29 November, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) met in...
Featured on www.polioeradication.org: Mohamed Shire, polio expert from Somalia: from smallpox to polio, a life spent pursuing eradication of diseases; Going the distance to end polio in Papua New...
A review committee met in Nairobi to review progress of the African region towards being certified polio-free Efforts to end polio across the WHO African Region came under the microscope at a meeting...
In the Horn of Africa, health workers are using application-based technology to respond to poliovirus outbreaks with greater speed and accuracy. What is polio surveillance? One of the most...