As my term as acting WHO regional director for Africa draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the resilience and ...

National polio laboratories will help Africa in its final push towards eradicating the disease, writes Chikwe Ihekweazu, outgoing acting director for WHO Africa.

Schools shut down due to anticipated Saba Saba protests According to reports from Kenyans.co.ke, numerous schools throughout Kenya urged students to remain at home on July 7, due to anticipated Saba ...

Kenya is set to benefit from a US$450 million (Sh 58.5 billion) funding boost aimed at accelerating global polio eradication ...

Malawi develops National Polio Transition Plan, a year after successfully halting transmission of reimported wild poliovirus.

By Chioma Obinna & Peace EzenwammaThe global fight to eradicate polio was greatly boosted as Rotary International and the ...

In response, Malawi launched an aggressive containment campaign involving mass vaccination drives, intensified case detection ...

The move will likely solidify the foundation’s outsized role in global health, particularly as the United States, the United ...

Despite significant progress since the interruption of the wild poliovirus in 2011 and Angola being certified polio-free in ...

Papua New Guinea's health minister, Elias Kapavore, says polio vaccines are set to arrive in the country next week. The World Health Organisation declared an outbreak of the disease in PNG last month.

RIYADH - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today reaffirmed its US $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in a signing event during the fourth Riyadh International ...