After 25 years of remarkable achievements and sometimes harrowing setbacks, a successful conclusion to global polio eradication could finally be within reach. In late April, the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi released the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a promising new six-year strategy to win the polio “endgame.”

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Now there are only three countries in the world affected by polio - Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan – all Muslim-majority countries. As Muslims, we should be the pioneers of safeguarding human welfare and now we have been given this opportunity to contribute towards something miraculous, we must support it wholeheartedly.

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A recently compiled list of Vaccine Influencers is making the rounds. It is dominated by the usual suspects such as heads of agencies and departments, including our own. So many other women and men in many countries came immediately to mind for us—those who have been just as valuable as influencers in ensuring access to valuable vaccines for children globally. We would like to acknowledge some of these unsung heroes, people who greatly influence immunization programs the world over.

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A quick, powerful look at how Catapult is partnering with Chime for Change to help local organizations around the globe that promote education, health and justice for girls and women.

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The January 14 issue of TIME Magazine includes a powerful feature on the progress, urgency, and serious challenges of ending polio and creating a world where no child has to be threatened by this debilitating disease. (Full text available by subscription
only). The reporter, Jeff Kluger, has been following polio for years and wrote a book about the disease: Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio.

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