Tag: global polio eradication initiative

With the wild poliovirus on the verge of eradication, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) offers a blueprint for addressing other infectious disease outbreaks and public health crises.A girl receives the polio vaccine in Rawalpindi, Pakistan during a national vaccination campaign.© UNICEF/UN0765530/ Polio’s defeat lies within reach. Today, wild ...

A conversation with Mike McGovern of Rotary International, a longtime UNICEF partner and leader in global polio eradication efforts. "There’s real hope for getting this done."In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a brother and sister hold up their fingers which have been inked to show they have received the polio vaccine.© UNICEF/UN0353289/Bukhari ...

The initiative is trying to end polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said. Source link

Soni Faisal knows only too well how polio can forever alter a child's future. She has made it her mission to protect Pakistan's children from this highly contagious, crippling disease. Children in Lahore, Pakistan, welcome a UNICEF-supported polio vaccination team with big smiles on Jan. 11, 2021. © UNICEF/UN0399457/Bukhar ...

We have been here before: Lessons learned in the fight against polio are informing the global COVID-19 response.  Health workers and volunteers participate in a polio immunization campaign in Kaduna, Nigeria in 2019. © Rotary International By Meghan Doetschman, Global Cause Partnerships, UNICEF USA and Stephanie Jacquier, Global Philanthropy, ...

In Kandahar, Afghanistan, a UNICEF-supported polio vaccinator marks a girl's finger with ink to indicate she has received the vaccine. © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh After the wild poliovirus was officially eliminated in Africa in August, Afghanistan and Pakistan became the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic. A highly infectious, ...

Children come running to greet UNICEF staff and a team of Rotary International polio vaccinators in a remote region of northeastern Uganda in 2018. © Jon Riera for Rotary International A huge milestone in global public health: the World Health Organization has officially declared Africa wild poliovirus-free. This remarkable ...