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Anti-polio drive: Maximum number of refusal cases in Peshawar
Parents of 11,100 of 0.75 million children refuse administration of polio drops to children, says official
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Drive suspended in Mansehra
In Khar, Bajaur Agency on Wednesday, unidentified assailants shot dead one member of a polio team, injuring another.
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Preemptive measures: Prenatal screening for thalassemia in the works
HMC pathology head says facility will be first of its kind in K-P.
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A drop at a time: DC holds jirga to convince parents on polio vaccination
Warns of strict action against refusing families, says no stone will be left unturned.
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Crippling virus: Number of polio cases reaches 18
Poliovirus was detected in an 18-month-old boy who had been properly vaccinated against the disease
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The struggle for rehabilitation
Students are reluctant to be in the school where they saw their classmates die.
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Follow-up drive: Refusals drop from 33,000 to 24,037
13,436 parents did not allow vaccinators to give the drops to their children.
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Sehat ka Ittehad struggles as WHO recommends extension of restrictions
At least 288,613 children not vaccinated over refusals, unreachability
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At their peril: Over 450 parents held for refusing polio drops
K-P health department hires religious scholars to convince families.
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‘Recruitment scrutinised only because nepotism was resisted’
A source at the prison said all the lists and supporting documents were present at Central Prison Peshawar