Published on : 28 Oct 2025, 7:05 am

The African Region has made tremendous progress in polio eradication, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The momentum began in August at the 75th WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Lusaka, where African health ministers pledged to “accelerate the polio endgame.”

Comparing the number of African countries with active type 2 poliovirus outbreaks between 2024 and 2025 (as of October) the number declined from 24 to 14, and total virus detections dropped by 54 per cent. Two African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mozambique) reported type 1 cases, 14 countries type 2 and 3 countries (Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria) reported type 3 based on data as of October 2025.

Across the African Region, countries have continued

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