polio

Health dept withholds sanitary workers patrol amid rising cases

Health experts say routine immunisation plays key role in disease prevention

The caretaker government is making all-out efforts to root out the polio virus from the country

Time and again, international healthcare agencies have warned Pakistan to avoid complacency and negligence

Significance of these environmental samples extends beyond a mere laboratory report

NADRA, however, claims that aviation body did make it necessary for intl travelers to get polio drops

NIH confirms presence of wild poliovirus type 1 in samples collected on May 9, 16

Sub-national immunization campaign to reach 23 million children

Last year also the highest number of polio cases were reported in K-P

Health secretary wants province internationally declared polio-free

DC directed staff to work with dedication and achieve set targets

Most refusal cases reported from Peshawar during January drive

New polio vaccine drive. Will Pakistan meet its target of being polio-free by the end of 2023?

Campaign has set a target to vaccinate 4.96 million children in Hyderabad and Karachi divisions

Baig says there is a dire need to improve the security situation in this regard

Committee will remain intact for the next 2 years and will conduct an awareness campaign

Teams, supervisors ready for national immunisation campaign

This was stated in a report by the Punjab Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)

Around 3,500 workers to be recruited in eight high-risk districts

Grant will be used for the procurement of essential polio vaccine, which will reach over 18m children, reads statement

Kills three terrorists; Dera DPO safe in attack on his convoy, officer injured

The current data suggests that virus is now under control in the country, says George Laryea Adjei

Polio has been confirmed in 34 environmental samples during this year

Vaccination drive launched in eight very high-risk districts

Drive aims to reach 13.5 million children

Meeting reviews law and order situation in province

Week-long drive aimed to immunise two million children under the age of five in the provincial capital

Chief minister lauds services of vaccinators

Authorities aim to vaccinate 4.4m children under five years of age

Says security should be provided to polio teams in sensitive union councils

Urges parents to cooperate with vaccinators and save their children's future

Over 11m children to be vaccinated by 97k workers

Training nears completion for immunisation days in 14 districts

Fatwa says prohibiting any vaccine that was beneficial for the children, was against the Sharia

Seven-day Special Anti-Polio campaign to take place Oct 24-30 in Tehsil Sakrand

The five-day anti-polio campaign will be launched in the district from October 24 to 28

More than 170,000 children inoculated in Taunsa

Need for improving micro-plans quality for next campaign stressed

As many as 11 positive cases of polio reported in August alone

Officials directed to inoculate children in flood-hit areas

Polio vaccinators were regularly being attacked

Bodies of officials have been taken to hospital; security forces begin investigation

The last case of polio in the UK, which can cause paralysis, was in 1984

COAS appreciates Microsoft founder's efforts towards noble cause and assured him of continued cooperation, says ISPR

The teams were deployed at shrines during 10-day Urs Celebrations

Latest case involves an 18-month-old boy in K-P reported to be undernourished, health ministry says

COAS apprised about the latest polio campaigns conducted in the country

The lastest case also brings Pakistan's annual tally so far to 12 cases

Over 100,000 trained ‘Sehat Muhafiz’ to inoculate targeted children in all four provinces

WHO spokesman said the results of the post-campaign review were very encouraging