Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, World
8 March marked International Women’s Day - a great opportunity to thank the many thousands of women who have been instrumental in the progress of polio eradication around the world. Read more here.
A new short film shown at the Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa demonstrates the value of the polio infrastructure in serving broader health goals. Watch the video here.
There are six weeks to go until the globally synchronized switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine.