As World Polio Day approaches, Rotary members around the world are mobilizing their communities to raise awareness, advocate ...

23 September 2026, Islamabad, Pakistan – “When we are working, we don’t see whether it is winter, summer, autumn or spring.

For a mother watching her child receive two drops of polio vaccine, the moment takes only a few seconds. But behind those two drops is a much ...

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) welcomes the 25th report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which provides an independent assessment of progress towards polio eradication and, ...

The year 2024 has not been an easy one for polio eradication, with an increase in wild poliovirus transmission in the remaining two endemic countries and new and high-profile outbreaks including in ...

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has two goals laid out in its current strategy: to interrupt all remaining transmission of endemic wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and to stop all outbreaks of ...

17 February 2022 As a result of ongoing disease surveillance, the Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) has confirmed the presence of type 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in a child suffering from paralysis ...

For more than half a century, scientific discovery has helped protect millions of children from one of the world’s most feared diseases. Today, as the world stands closer than ever to eradicating ...

Brazzaville – Following rigorous technical assessments, five African countries have successfully stopped the spread of polio, marking an important milestone in efforts to protect children from this ...