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 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 ...

In a decisive move to counter these escalating threats and inject renewed vigor into the final stages of eradication, Rotary and the Gates Foundation today announced a substantial joint commitment of ...

As Malawi celebrates its first anniversary after officially closing its reimported wild poliovirus (WPV1) outbreak, the ...

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

ISLAMABAD: As the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Polio Eradication concluded its review of Pakistan’s anti-polio efforts, the country has reported another case of the crippling disease, taking the ...

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