polio

The vaccine store supplying medicines to rest of the province was locked up in protest.

Tribal elders said that they are cooperating with health teams to make the campaign successful.

Rift continues over report, which shows the coverage at a much lower rate.

Campaign to run from March 12 to 14 in 18 districts of the province.

A one-year-old infant was diagnosed with polio last month in the Sehrish Nagar area.

Polio eradication campaign to suffer as nearly 700 GAVI vaccinators announce they will not discharge their duties.

Illiteracy, and rumour mongering are reasons for Pakistan having so many polio cases.

Many areas remain uncovered; drives suffer from funding.

The father refused to have the child inoculated.

Is it only the responsibility of foreign organisations to work for our children? not our individual responsibility?

How can a country, where political considerations are dearer than the health of those suffering, rid itself of polio?

Doctors say internal displacement, religious opposition are main hurdles.

Pakistan’s polio problem is a reflection of how we neglect our social sectors at the expense of everything else.

Health workers say 143 children of Dera Izzat given vaccine only in papers.

DCO Multan says number of polio cases in Pakistan has crossed the number in Afghanistan.

Foreign Office spokesperson says other countries should respect Pakistan's legal process.

Experts clear suspicions about polio vaccine at media briefing.

322 mobile teams for rural areas, 500 mobile teams for the urban area have been readied for door-to-door vaccination

Five international experts give presentations on second day of WHO conference.

WHO conference on dengue control kicks off.

Credit given to religious scholars for backing immunisation efforts through edict.

Recipients from all over Pakistan receive wheelchairs and display solidarity.

Jhang DCO hopeful no child in locality will be left out in the ongoing campaign.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria remain the only states where the virus persists.

The Indian government has spent $2 billion over the last 10-15 years on polio eradication efforts.

Basti alleges his children caught the disease as a reaction to the polio vaccine administered to them.

Recently, the Supreme Court has taken cognisance of four important health-related issues.

Summons health secretaries; describes YDA strikes as ‘cruel’ and ‘unprofessional’.

Pakistan sank when the Taliban announced that they were opposed to polio vaccine as an article of faith.

Prof. Ghaffar Billo clarified that there are no lethal effects of damaged or expired drops.

Bench expresses concern over rising rate of polio and hepatitis C.

A television anchor recently ran 3 programmes on the issue of polio, tried to show that the vaccine is dangerous.

Dr Afridi allegedly arranged a private vaccination campaign to trace the al Qaeda leader.

Dr Afridi allegedly arranged a private vaccination campaign to trace the al Qaeda leader.

The 26-year-old isn't as fast and fearsome as Shoaib Akhtar was but is not short on resolve.

The CM promised to regularise their jobs after the 18th amendment.

This brought the number of new cases identified in Sindh this year to two.

Islamabad gets a taste of Edward Maya’s stereo loving.

government has called on UN agencies, others to extend all necessary resources in making the country polio free.

Health officials say lack of funds and manpower was the reason they were unable to reach these houses in Hayatabad.

FDA Director General Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf will be the chief guest.

Polio case reported in Jhang, vaccinators accused of missing patient’s house during campaign.

Three-year-old girl becomes paralysed after doctors injects medicine for pain in the legs.

Flawed laws, corrupt inspectors helping quacks flourish.

Later this month, India will be removed from a list of countries where polio is considered endemic.

21 members of the Congress have endorsed the bill.

Victoria Nuland says the bill to grant Dr Shakil Afridi citizenship is moving through the Congress.

Over well over 200 children are vaccinated in OPDs.

The World Health Organisation thinks that over 200,000 Pakistani children have missed their polio vaccinations.

Rohrabacher said this bill shows the world that America does not abandon its friends.