Initiative pour un monde exempt de poliomyélite
Confronting outbreaks in Somalia
While the COVID-19 response dominates community health concerns, every missed opportunity for vaccination puts the fragile gains made against polio in Somalia at risk of being undone Community surveillance teams for COVID-19 and acute flaccid paralysis speak to households about any individuals with symptoms in their area. The Somali polio team is...
Training health workers to fight COVID-19 in Sudan
Polio personnel are putting in the hours to strengthen response Dr Niazy trains medical staff on handwashing during a COVID-19 training session in River Nile state. Photo: WHO/Sudan 28 May 2020 – The polio eradication programme has stepped up to help the Sudanese Ministry of Health limit spread of the COVID-19 virus. The programme is working in...
Somalia’s polio teams help combat COVID-19
Polio programme staff are conducting disease surveillance for COVID-19 as well as educating communities on the symptoms of the virus, how to prevent transmission, and how to report suspected cases. ©WHO/Somalia4 May 2020 – “The road to the mountain village was rough. It’s only 50 kilometres, but it took more than 3 hours,” says Dr Fatima Ismail,...
Polio eradication staff support COVID-19 response
April 2020 – Using the vast infrastructure developed to identify the poliovirus and deliver vaccination campaigns, the polio eradication programme is pitching in to protect the vulnerable from COVID-19, especially in polio-endemic countries. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as worldwide, the programme is drawing on years of experience...
Considering Primary Immune Deficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Attendants of the Regional Meeting on Poliovirus Surveillance among Primary Immunodeficiency Patients in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 28 – 30 October 2019, Amman, Jordan. ©WHO/EMRO 20 February 2020 – In line with the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) recommendation and the Global Strategic Surveillance Action Plan 2018-2020, WHO...
Mitigating the threat of poliovirus importation to Sudan
A mobile vaccination team provides polio vaccinations to nomadic communities during the accelerated immunization campaign in October 2019 in Rehaid locality, on the border of Sudan and CAR. ©WHO/Sudan 12 December 2019 -- The World Health Organization and national health authorities in Sudan are scaling up efforts to reduce the risk of poliovirus...
Tracking the poliovirus in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Majra Bibi gives polio drops to 10-day-old Bilal Khan at a health unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The polio programme works to vaccinate every child and detect the poliovirus wherever it remains. ©WHO/Asad Zaidi 12 November 2019 -- In a rapidly expanding megacity, amongst conflict or in mountainous border areas, how does the polio...
Out-running polio: an ultra-marathon runner’s dedication
Ala Baydoun dedicates her ultra-marathon run in Jordan to raise awareness in the final fight against polio Ala Baydoun runs through the Jordanian desert in the Rum International Marathon. Ala dedicated her run to raise awareness for polio eradication. Photo: Ali Barqawi22 January 2018 – It’s just after 6am on a Friday morning in Petra, one of...
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Innovations in reverse cold-chain building resilience for disease surveillance in Sudan
A new approach is helping to improve Sudan’s ability to identify the poliovirus and remain polio-free, despite challenges Innovative approaches are improving the reverse cold chain in Sudan, the process by which stool samples from potential polio cases are transported carefully to a laboratory. WHO. 16 November 2017 – It starts with a sick child,...
