anti-polio

Health dept employees boycot office, anti-polio campaign

DC urges parents, especially mothers, to ensure that their children are vaccinated against polio

236,926 children in 54 union councils to get vaccinated

Imposes Rs500,000 fine on non-compliant parents; shuts Bannu-Miranshah Road

Approximately 43 million children to receive polio vaccinations

Campaign to continue for seven days in Rawalpindi

Commissioner says all out arrangements for the smooth conduct of the Polio campaign have been made

Like other parts of country, anti-polio campaign will run from January 16 to 20 in all 4 tehsils of Sialkot district

Rawalpindi DC tells health authority to ensure proper administration of polio drops to children under five years

This was decided at a video conference held between the polio eradication teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Provincial EOC coordinator says around 10,585 teams will be deployed to cover over 2.5 million children

The international organisation plans to cut staff by 70% in the district

1,739 teams had been constituted for the drive

142,962 children were missed in recent provincial drive

In Balochistan, polio volunteers have continued campaigns at the cost of their lives

Virus has been confirmed in a one-year-old boy from Killa Saifullah

Virus could only be eradicated from the country through immunisation

The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Ten polio cases have been detected in the province in 2020 thus far

More than 1.2m children under the age of five will be vaccinated

Province-wide campaign from February 17 will cover 20 million children

He also says to conduct screenings of foreign citizens, travellers to curb the coronavirus

New cases have been reported one each from Lakki Marwat, Jaffarabad, Killa Abdullah, Mirpur Khas and Kambar ShehdadKot

Pechuho calls meeting to review arrangements for the campaign to be conducted across Sindh

Some 2,181 polio teams are expected to go door-to-door and administer polio drops to some 896,977 children

Two polio cases each reported from Balochistan and K-P; total number jumps to 41

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randahwa administered anti-polio drops to his son at his residence

Vaccination campaign will be launched from May 13

Over 25,000 children brought to hospitals after rumour of polio vaccine reaction

Local Afghan Taliban leaders are hindering global efforts to end polio, says Gates

Levies and Khasadar forces to boycott polio campaigns across seven tribal districts

K-P health minister inaugurates emergency response unit

DHO says parents pretend their children have been vaccinated

Despite 24 years of immunisation campaigns, poliovirus persists in Pakistan

Three polio cases reported from tribal districts this year

PM Focal Person on Polio Babar Bin Atta urges parents to participate in the campaign

Health department suspends Bajaur health official for mistreating female polio workers

With a target of more than seven million children under the age of five

OPV vaccination campaign begins today in 88 districts

Governor K-P says polio eradication is a noble cause

Says extra resources would be generated through donor agencies

Five-day polio vaccination campaign targets 8.7 million children across Sindh

Security official was returning from polio duty when attacked

Week-long campaign will be carried out in 188 union councils

Health officials say positive test proves that virus exists in the environment and poses threat to children

Workshop organised at Mahboob Medical Institute (MMI)

Toddler tests positive for virus

ACS urges authorities to acknowledge the importance of sustaining efforts

Parents of 13,044 still reluctant to accept teams

Environmental samples test positive for the poliovirus