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Spotlight on polio

This week, VaccinesWork is shining its spotlight on polio, a disease the world is on the verge of vanquishing. Stay with us to learn about the people, and plans, fuelling that final furlong.

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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

Spotlight on polio Polio

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

Polio Spotlight on polio

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

Polio Spotlight on polio Conflict & humanitarian

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

Spotlight on polio Polio

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

Cross-posts Spotlight on polio Polio Conflict & humanitarian

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

Spotlight on polio Polio

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

Spotlight on polio Polio

Female vaccinator from DistricT Health Office Team in Bannu giving EPI card after vaccinating a zero dose child. during RUR-1. Credit: Huma Khawar

“Reaching the unreached” in one of the last strongholds of poliovirus

24 Oct 2023

7 min read

Polio Zero-dose children Spotlight on polio

Graphic of Amina on her motorbike, children and a vaccine vial.

Motorbike-riding polio worker ruffles feathers and saves lives in rural Pakistan

6 Apr 2023

4 min read

Polio Gender equality Spotlight on polio

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in UC Jalala in Texila, Pakistan. Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio?

24 Oct 2022

12 min read

Polio Routine immunisation Explainer Spotlight on polio

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