World leaders unite to claim a world without polio

NEW YORK , September 28, 2012 / PRNewswire / – new and existing donors emphasize the unique opportunity of our generation to end polio forever In a show of solidarity, leaders from around the world today pledged to use progress made this year and take a step forward in the fight to eradicate polio. The [...]

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The UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new commitment to eradicate polio

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 28, 2011 / PRNewswire / – – Citing the significant gains made with thepolio vaccines, Prime Minister David Cameron and Bill and Melinda Gatesurge world leaders to finish the job British Prime Minister David Cameron, said today that Britaincould double its current contribution to the eradication of polio. Cameron urged other donors [...]

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Rotary y Sanofi Pasteur apoyan la erradicación de la polio

EVANSTON, Illinois, February 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — – Rotary y Sanofi Pasteur hacen sonar las campanas de las Bolsas de Valores de Nueva York y de Europa para apoyar la erradicación de la polio El 23 de febrero, Rotary International se asociará con Sanofi Pasteur, productor de vacunas, para tocar las campanas comerciales en la [...]

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Erradicación de la polio cambia a modalidad de emergencia

GINEBRA, 24 de mayo de 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A pesar de la significativa baja en los casos de polio en año pasado, la amenaza de que la transmisión se mantenga debido a la falta de fondos e inmunización ha llevado a la Iniciativa Global por la Erradicación de la Polio (GPEI, por sus siglas en [...]

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Operational emergency for polio eradication

– The number of new cases is the lowest in history, but the funding gap threatens the future success GENEVA, May 24, 2012 / PRNewswire / – Despite the large reduction in the number of polio cases reported last year, funding shortfalls and immunization could entail a continuation of the spread of the disease, has [...]

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Eradication of polio enters emergency level

GENEVA, May 24, 2012 / PRNewswire / – Despite the reduction of the exceptional cases of polio last year, the threat of further transmission of disease due to lack of funding and vaccination has led to the Global Initiative for Polio Eradication (GPEI – Global Polio Eradication Initiative ) to launch an Emergency Action Plan. [...]

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