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A child in Papua New Guinea receiving an oral polio vaccination during a previous outbreak in 2018. Brendan Esposito/AAP

The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive

21 May 2025

5 min read

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Boy in Emerson respirator (iron lung) in Herman Keifer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, due to polio. Viewing photographer (Joe Clark) in machine's mirror. Ca. 1955. Credit: Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine

A 'new medical age': 70 years of polio vaccination

11 Apr 2025

11 min read

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A mother and her child amidst health workers during a vaccination session in Mozambique. Credit: Mozambique Health Ministry.

'Radio Polio': how free radio in Mozambique is helping keep kids safe

7 Feb 2025

7 min read

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Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany and Poland – what you need to know

13 Dec 2024

5 min read

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A girl receives drops of an orally administered vaccine. Credit: IFRC/2024

Polio is haunting Gaza as vaccination campaign resumes

1 Nov 2024

5 min read

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A polio worker marking a child’s finger during the first polio campaign after the floods. © WHO/Pakistan

Pakistan’s fight to end polio amid the climate crisis

24 Oct 2024

3 min read

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Aisha Salisu Adam administering the vaccine. Credit: Babatunde Rolland

Kano communities turn out in force to mount fresh attack against polio

23 Oct 2024

6 min read

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Two-year-old Roqia and her grandfather look out over the steep-sided Kamdesh valley in Afghanistan. When she contracted polio in February, Roqia’s grandfather carried her down the mountain for treatment. © UNICEF

The legacy of isolation is a double-edged sword for children in Nuristan, Eastern Afghanistan

23 Oct 2024

4 min read

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Children suffering of polio. Credit: Polio Eradication Initiative

Anne Wafula Strike: Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere

22 Oct 2024

4 min read

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Senator Harold Kipchumba, a polio survivor, gives the polio vaccine to a child. Credit: UNICEF ESARO 2013

“Just two drops: This is what I didn’t have”: veteran polio activist Harold Kipchumba

22 Oct 2024

7 min read

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A polio worker going for field work during door-to-door national polio campaign in UC Jalala in Texila, Pakistan. Gavi/Pakistan/Asad Zaidi

Polio: a VaccinesWork briefing

21 Oct 2024

4 min read

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Credit: Qudratullah Razwan/EPA

The Taliban suspends polio vaccine campaign in Afghanistan – here's the likely impact

25 Sep 2024

4 min read

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