Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 (nOPV2)-Video
"To end polio, we need to stop all types of the virus. Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) is an improved vaccine for stopping outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Learn more about cVDPV2 and the potential of nOPV2 for outbreak response."
Polio: It Must End (Video)
We are grateful to the Rotary Foundation and their partners in the GPEI for their unwavering determination to bring an end to this terrible disease.
The GPEI is FAR bigger than eradicating one horrible disease. (Video)
The GPEI (Global Polio Eradication Initiative) polio program delivers more than the polio vaccine.
Polio health workers also respond to malaria, Ebola, measles, and now COVID-19 – strengthening health systems and working toward improved health for all.
Dare to Dream (Video)
How Rotary became the Heart and Soul of Polio Eradication
There were just three of us at the time. There was so much opposition, but we had faith that this is just the beginning of a whole new horizon for Rotary. If we, all of us, knew then what we know now, I doubt we would have taken it on. It was a huge dream.
Gender and Polio Eradication (Video)
An animated video, from the GPEI, explaining the relationships between gender and polio eradication.
Poliovirus Containment (Video)
"Containment of polioviruses is crucial to securing a lasting polio-free world. Polioviruses will be kept after eradication in a limited number of laboratories and vaccine manufacturing facilities worldwide. Containment of these viruses is about making sure that safeguards are in place to minimize the risk of their release into communities, which could have devastating consequences."
Coffee with Polio Experts: Honorine Mollard Billard, WHO (Video)
Honorine Mollard Billard, Polio Eradication Officer at WHO, speaks to the GPEI about critical country support to vaccination campaigns in Lao PDR, why it is important for polio-free countries to maintain high immunity, and the additional health interventions offered to communities during a polio campaign.
Coffee with Polio Experts: Prof David Heymann, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Video)
David Heymann, long-time public health expert, discusses what lessons smallpox eradication teaches us in eradicating a disease, and why it is critical to complete the job of polio eradication.
The Two Polio Vaccines (Video)
"Polio can’t be cured, but it can be prevented. Two important tools help to prevent polio – two safe, effective vaccines. Find out about the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine and their roles in the polio eradication effort."