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Girls ages 3 to 5 welcome the UNICEF-supported polio vaccination team to Lahore, Pakistan in January 2021.

Women Vaccinators Protect Pakistan's Children From Polio

On January 11, Pakistan launched its first vaccination campaign of 2021, with an ambitious goal: vaccinate 40 million children under the age of 5 against polio in just five days.

A 13-year-old girl attends class in Kaya, Burkina Faso.

At the End of a Tough Year, Some Reasons to Celebrate

While COVID-19 and related crises commanded the world's attention, some progress was achieved for children and families on several important fronts. Here's a look at some positive developments in 2020.

UNICEF is vaccinating children against polio in Gonzagueville, a suburban of Abidjan, in the South of Côte d’Ivoire.

Hampered by COVID-19, Polio Eradication Persists

Like nearly everything else, the fight to free the world of polio has been hobbled by COVID-19. Though Africa's recent certification as wild-polio free is a milestone to celebrate this World Polio Day, severe challenges remain.

In Afghanistan's Kandahar Province on March 8, 2020, a UNICEF-supported polio vaccinator marks a girl's finger to indicate she has received the vaccine.

Vaccinators Won't Stop Until They Eradicate Polio in Afghanistan

Donate Now After the wild poliovirus was officially eliminated in Africa in August , Afghanistan and Pakistan became the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic . A highly infectious...

The World Health Organization declared Africa free of the wild poliovirus in August 2020.

Wild Polio Eliminated in Africa: A Giant Step Closer to Eradication

Vaccination campaigns disrupted by COVID-19 have resumed in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two polio-endemic countries in the world.

A boy from Guinea who received UNICEF support during and after the Ebola outbreak in 2015.

This Pandemic Is Not UNICEF's First Fight

UNICEF's role in the world's war against COVID-19 reflects a legacy of saving and protecting children from disease.

A health worker vaccinates 1-year-old Ahmad at the door of his family's home during a 2019 national immunization campaign in Pakistan.

Pandemic Puts Polio Fight on Pause, Stoking Fears of a Comeback

The global response to COVID-19 puts children at risk while threatening to undermine decades of progress against the crippling disease.

A nurse vaccinates a baby at the health center in Gonzagueville, a suburb of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where masks and gloves are worn to protect against COVID-19.

Vaccinating the World's Children as Critical as Ever

A call to action to prevent COVID-19 from wiping out decades of progress against other diseases.

In January 2019, Aneesa, 5, shows the ink mark on her little finger that confirms she has received her polio vaccine from a UNICEF-supported vaccinator in the Bhatti gate area of Lahore Punjab Province, Pakistan.

Polio Vaccinators Build Trust to Protect Children in Pakistan

Nearly one-third of Pakistan's children between the ages of 12 and 23 months miss out on basic vaccines they need to stay alive and healthy. But health workers persevere, because they believe in the importance of their mission.