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

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s Polio Oversight Board has said that $6.9 billion (€6.4 billion) in funding is needed to achieve the goal.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is spearheaded by national governments, the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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

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

(Reuters) - The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) needs more funds and has pushed back by three years its target to officially wipe out all forms of the disease, officials said on Thursday.

Since its inception in 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative efforts have helped eradicate ...More different types of wild polioviruses so that the last remaining wild strain, type 1, is now ...

A global initiative for stamping out polio has called for more than €2 billion in additional funding to eliminate the highly infectious virus by 2029. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative ...

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) needs more funds and has pushed back by three years its target to officially wipe out all forms of the disease, officials said on Thursday.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s Polio Oversight Board has said that $6.9 billion (€6.4 billion) in funding is needed to achieve the goal.