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Hilda Makumba and her granddaughter, Hilda Masamba. Credit: Benson Kunchezera

Three years ago polio made a shock return in Malawi. For five-year-old Masamba, its impact will last a lifetime

28 Aug 2025

4 min read

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Bello Dikko, Chairman of Polio Survivors Association in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria. Credit: Tunde Omolehin

“Seeing is believing”: how polio survivors are driving immunisation in northern Nigeria

8 Jul 2025

6 min read

Vaccinating a child against polio at the Mindikru internally displaced peoples's site near Sekota town, Ethiopia, in May 2022. According to outgoing acting WHO director Chikwe Ihekweazu, Africa’s polio progress has been bolstered by vaccination and community-led action. Credit: Mulugeta Ayene/ UNICEF Ethiopia

African surveillance labs can power eradication push

8 Jul 2025

5 min read

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Lwakhakha Dispensary caters to many women from Uganda who cross the border for maternity services. Credit: Joyce Chimbi

High-tech tools, old-school vigilance: how Kenya is keeping polio at bay

4 Jun 2025

11 min read

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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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