WHO pledges full support as Tanzania launches vaccination against polio

May 18, 2022

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 18 : The World Health Organisation extended its support to Tanzania in organizing polio campaigns, after Tanzania launched its...

Pakistan: 13th case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022

Jul 23, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 : An 18-month-old was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health...

Pak reports another polio case

Apr 29, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 : Pakistan reported a second polio case as a two-year-old girl was found affected by the virus in North Waziristan,...

Pak: More poliovirus detected in sewage samples from Quetta, concerns rise

Apr 22, 2024

According to Regional Reference Lab for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, these samples were genetically linked to the imported YB3A cluster...

89 lakh children under 5 years inoculated on National Polio Immunisation Day

Jan 31, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 31 : Close to 89 lakh children (as per provisional data) under five years across the country were given polio...

President Kovind launches Pulse Polio Programme for 2021

Jan 30, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 30 : On the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the first...