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22 October 2026, Cairo, Egypt – Two drops of vaccine are often used as a symbol for polio eradication. Yet protecting a child from poliovirus depends on far more than vaccination. It requires interconnected public health systems that can detect the virus, respond rapidly, reach every child and continuously adapt to changing risks.
The ...
21 October 2026, Kabul, Afghanistan – In the early morning of a polio vaccination campaign, before the streets become busy, Rashed Anawri is already thinking about the children he will meet during the day.
He checks his vaccine carri...
15 October 2026, Cairo, Egypt – At the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (RC73), held from 13 to 15 October 2026 in Cairo, health ministers and partners demonstrated strong regional commitment to ending polio and to building stronger immunization systems that protect every ...
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Dr. Ondrej Mach, Team Lead of the Research and Product Development Team in the Polio Eradication Department at the World Health Organization Dr. Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Technology, Research & Analytics, on the Polio Team at the Gates Foundation R to L: Dr. Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Ondrej Mach a...