Tag: Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)

• Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:12 UTC

  World Health Organization update on suspected polio case in Venezuela

  

  Following unconfirmed reports on 8 June of suspected polio re-emergence in Venezuela, final laboratory testing has confirmed the cause of the paralysis is not wild poliovirus or vaccine-derived poliovirus, according to a release from WHO.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2015 - 10:46 UTC

  “World closer than ever to wipe out polio, but no victory declaration yet”

  

  The world is closer than ever to being able to wipe out polio, international experts said, with zero cases of the crippling disease recorded across all of Africa this year and fewer than 25 globally.