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.

Pakistan: Man held for confining polio worker in Karachi

Dec 17, 2024

The conflict began when a polio worker entered the building to administer vaccines. The resident, identified as a mobile market trader, and his family...

Afghanistan: WHO announces second round of polio vaccination campaign in six provinces

Aug 28, 2023

As polio remains a persistent issue in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the second round of the polio vaccine campaign has...

3 killed in attack on polio team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Jun 28, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 : Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, media...

Pakistan: Unidentified men open fire at polio worker, severely injured

Jul 03, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 : Unidentified armed men opened fire at polio workers in Pakistan's Mir Ali Tehsil leaving another vaccinator severely injured.

"Pulse polio campaign to be conducted in 16 districts in state from Dec 8 to 16": CM Mohan Yadav

Dec 05, 2024

The CM said, "We all know that polio causes lifelong disability in children and it has been a very painful disease. Vaccine is the...