More efforts needed to end polio in Pakistan, says Polio Oversight Board

Jun 12, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 : More efforts are needed to reach the levels of government leadership, drive, and use of real-time data to beat...

Pakistan: Policeman shot dead in Balochistan escorting polio vaccine worker

Oct 26, 2022

Gunmen shot dead a policeman providing security to health workers during a polio eradication campaign in Balochistan.

Afghanistan: Fifth Polio case of 2023 reported in Nangarhar

Jun 20, 2023

According to the chief of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme in Afghanistan's communications department, Kamal Shah Sayed, the fifth polio case has been reported...

Pakistan's polio tally reaches 43 with latest case in Balochistan

Oct 31, 2024

Pakistan has reported a new polio case in Balochistan's Chagai district, raising the country's total number of cases this year to 43, as per...

WHO Director-General thanks UAE President for major contribution to polio eradication

Aug 30, 2024

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account to express his deep gratitude to...

Annual nationwide pulse polio drive postponed

Jan 13, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 13 : India has postponed its pulse polio immunisation drive, scheduled for January 17 as part of the National Polio...