A global initiative for stamping out polio has called for more than €2 billion in additional funding to eliminate the highly infectious virus by 2029. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s ...

Geneva, Switzerland — The Boards of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) convened to further strengthen collaboration and accelerate progress toward ...

This sixth installment in our series on U.S. support for global polio eradication explores the evolution of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, discussing how its multi-layered governance model, ...

An independent evaluation has indicated that the global campaign to eliminate polio is likely to fall short of achieving two critical goals in the ongoing battle against the disease this year. The ...

Enduring bipartisan U.S. support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has carried the program within striking distance of its ultimate goal. But as the effort strives to eliminate the ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has built an extensive infrastructure with capabilities and resources that should be transitioned to measles and rubella elimination efforts. Measles continues ...

On World Polio Day, October 24, 2011, the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative issued its third quarterly report. The Independent Monitoring Board “was established ...

Polio’s defeat lies within reach. Today, wild poliovirus (WPV) is endemic in just two countries with 12 existing cases between them: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vaccination has eliminated the disease in ...