Initiative pour un monde exempt de poliomyélite
Electronic reporting system digitizes reporting for polio certification
36th meeting of the Regional Commission of Certification endorses submission of reports for 2021 14 August 2022 – One of the key markers on the global journey towards eradication of poliovirus is certification, the formal verification of a region as polio-free. Last month, that marker got a digital upgrade. Following the resolution passed at the World...
Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks holds fifth meeting
Reaffirms solidarity and pledges and calls for action to end polio Cairo, 14 June 2022 – The fifth meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks was convened on 14 June by WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari. The meeting comes at a time when Afghanistan and Pakistan, as the last...
Statement on stopping wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Statement by the Eastern Mediterranean Ministerial Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks Delivering on a promise: achieving and sustaining a polio-free Eastern Mediterranean Region Fifth Meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks 14 June 2022 Noting the progress achieved globally in eradicating wild...
Statement on stopping the outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Somalia and concurrent outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus types 1 and 2 in Yemen
Statement by the Eastern Mediterranean Ministerial Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks Delivering on a promise: achieving and sustaining a polio-free Eastern Mediterranean Region Fifth Meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks 14 June 2022 Noting the progress achieved globally in eradicating...
Palestinian Ministry of Health launches polio vaccination campaign to boost immunity in Bethlehem and Jerusalem
13 May – Ramallah - On Monday 16 May, the Palestinian Ministry of Health will launch round one of a polio vaccination campaign targeting all children under age five in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. The vaccination campaign is scheduled to run over three days: Monday 16 May through Wednesday 18 May 2022. Vaccination, using bivalent oral polio vaccine...
Le ministère de la Santé à Djibouti lance la deuxième phase de la campagne nationale de vaccination contre la poliomyélite
Plus de 150 000 enfants de moins de cinq ans à Djibouti devraient recevoir une deuxième dose de vaccin contre la poliomyélite à la suite de la première dose administrée au cours de la 1ère phase de la campagne en février 2022. Djibouti – 27 mars 2022 – La deuxième phase de la campagne nationale de vaccination contre la poliomyélite, menée par le...
Women leaders in polio eradication: Pariva Hashemi
Pariva Hashemi talks about her journey as part of Islamic Republic of Iran’s national polio programme 8 March 2022 – It was 1991 and Pariva Hashemi had just started working for the health centre of Semnan province in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Her day started at the break of dawn and sometimes ended late into the night. She spent hours...
Djibouti lance une campagne nationale de vaccination contre la poliomyélite
Djibouti, 27 février 2022 - Son Excellence, Monsieur le Ministre de la Santé, Dr Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, avec le soutien technique de l’OMS et de l’UNICEF, a lancé ce vendredi 25 février, une campagne nationale de vaccination contre la poliomyélite, d’une durée de cinq jours qui débutera le 27 février 2022, visant à atteindre tous les enfants âgés de zéro à 59 mois...
Statement on stopping the concurrent outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus types 1 and 2 in Yemen
Statement by the Eastern Mediterranean Ministerial Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks Delivering on a promise: achieving and sustaining a polio-free Eastern Mediterranean Region Fourth Meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks 9 February, 2022 – Noting the progress achieved globally in...
Pakistan commended for commitment to eradicating polio
As we begin 2022, we have our best opportunity to end polio for good Statement by George Laryea-Adjei and Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari In June last year, we visited Pakistan, one of two countries in which wild poliovirus is still endemic. Together, we returned to the country in November to witness the impressive progress in Pakistan’s polio programme and...
