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On 5 April 2025, a child receives polio drops at Saudi Hospital in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan.

Vaccines Save Lives

The world is at a watershed moment in the history of public health, says UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis.
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A child receives the oral polio vaccine at Sabra health clinic in Gaza City on Feb. 22, 2025.

Gaza Ceasefire Must Remain in Place: Children Need Humanitarian Aid Now

The ceasefire allowed UNICEF and partners to vaccinate 600,000 children in just four days. It must resume to ensure continued aid delivery. [video]
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A vaccinator carrying a vaccine cold box travels by foot to reach communities where children are waiting to be immunized against polio as part of a national campaign..

Moving Toward the Finish Line in the Polio Fight

A nationwide immunization campaign backed by UNICEF and partners kicked off this month in Pakistan, one of the last two endemic countries.
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UNICEF staff administrating polio vaccines at UNRWA health clinic in Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip.

After Early Success, Gaza Polio Vaccination Campaign Needs Humanitarian Pause to Continue

Early rounds of an ambitious polio vaccination campaign hit their target, but escalating violence is undermining that progress. [video]
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Children receive polio vaccines at a health clinic in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in September 2024.

Polio Vaccines Protect Children in Gaza Strip

Polio vaccination teams successfully reached more than half a million children in Gaza during Round One of an ambitious campaign. [video]
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UNICEF staff administrating polio vaccines at UNRWA health clinic in Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip.

Polio Vaccines Reach Children in Gaza Strip

UNICEF and partners are administering polio vaccines in the Gaza Strip to protect children from the lifelong crippling disease. [video]
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Polio type 2 (nOPV) vaccines and vaccine cold storage equipment in Tel Aviv 's Ben Gurion airport on Aug. 26, 2024, before their transport to the Gaza Strip.

UNICEF Delivers Polio Vaccines to Protect Children in Gaza Strip

UNICEF and partners plan to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio in Gaza. To do that, they'll need a humanitarian pause. [video]
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Loyce Msowoya, a health worker at St John's Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi, carries a box of vaccines during a door-to door polio vaccination campaign on March 8, 2024.

UNICEF's Catherine Russell: Women Are the Key to Eradicating Polio

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on why Rotary International and UNICEF make great partners and what’s ahead for polio eradication.
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From left: Rajabu Vambise, 27, polio survivor and UNICEF-supported community worker, with a vaccinator during a polio vaccination campaign in Kindu, Maniema province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on March 30, 2024.

DRC Polio Survivor Spreads the Word: Vaccines Work

Paralyzed as a child by polio, Rajabu Vampise shares important vaccine information with parents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [video]
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