Today is #WorldPolioDay!
5 of the 6 WHO regions – representing more 90% of the 🌎🌍🌏 population – are now free of the wild poliovirus!
#EndPolio
5 of the 6 WHO regions – representing more 90% of the 🌎🌍🌏 population – are now free of the wild poliovirus!
#EndPolio
In 2020, after 4⃣ years without a case, @WHOAFRO has been certified as wild polio-free!
On this #WorldPolioDay, take a moment to learn about remarkable success against wild polio in Africa 👉bit.ly/3jjNV5j #EndPolio
On this #WorldPolioDay, take a moment to learn about remarkable success against wild polio in Africa 👉bit.ly/3jjNV5j #EndPolio
The polio program’s benefits don’t stop at delivering polio vaccine 💉. From #malaria to #Ebola and now #COVID19, the polio program’s resources and expertise have played a critical role in fighting other diseases. #EndPolio
Polio workers leave more than just a purple mark on the pinkies of children they vaccinate. They leave their mark on the 🌎 by providing other needed services like clean water, nutrition supplements, bed nets and much more. #EndPolio
📸 @UNICEF
📸 @UNICEF
Here is an inspiring story of how polio personnel around 🌏🌍🌎 deliver polio vaccines and close immunity gaps, whilst continuing to fight #COVID19. 👉bit.ly/37BorOS #EndPolio
#Pakistan🇵🇰 is using its experience in the fight against polio to help respond to #COVID19.
A call centre in Islamabad is just one example of how staff & systems from the polio programme quickly pivoted to help with Pakistan’s early COVID-19 response.
A call centre in Islamabad is just one example of how staff & systems from the polio programme quickly pivoted to help with Pakistan’s early COVID-19 response.
In Afghanistan 🇦🇫, polio staff like Nasrin are using their expertise & relationships with communities to support the #COVID19 response. Read her story 👉bit.ly/31vHq9F
Farima is unstoppable in her work to #EndPolio, fight #COVID19 and overcome gender barriers. This is her incredible story 👉bit.ly/3koiRCX
Polio eradication takes commitment from
👥vaccinators
👥activists
👥community mobilizers
👥teachers
👥nurses
👥imams
👥priests
👥community elders
👥local leaders
👥shopkeepers
👥parents
👥and countless others
We are stronger together. Together, we can #EndPolio 💪
👥vaccinators
👥activists
👥community mobilizers
👥teachers
👥nurses
👥imams
👥priests
👥community elders
👥local leaders
👥shopkeepers
👥parents
👥and countless others
We are stronger together. Together, we can #EndPolio 💪
We’ve come so far in the fight against polio thanks to the leadership of countless #polio champions – from government officials to community leaders. A polio-free 🌎 is possible, but only with the continued commitment from all levels of government.
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