polio

Health minister says international board is unaware of Pakistan’s ground realities

In a letter to four CMs, PM calls for redoubling efforts to eradicate the virus .

For over a decade Pakistan was seen as an exporter of jihadists. Now, it's evoking fears worldwide for exporting polio

Premier writes letter to chief ministers of all provinces. Asks them to work with govt organistaions

National Institute of Health confirms five infants were diagnosed with wild type-1 polio in K-P and Fata

WHO official says three to five good campaigns will help eradicate the crippling virus from the country

Experts say government mismanagement has played significant role in sharp spike in cases this year

Urges the international body to press Islamabad into implementing its recommendations

Dr Harsh Vardhan says Pakistan can draw on the Indian experience and learn from the challenges that were faced there

Independent Monitoring Board’s report terms country’s efforts to eradicate the disease ‘a disaster’.

World Polio Day commemorated in a year when 220 new cases have emerged in the country

A separate anti-polio campaign to be launched in ‘high-risk’ union councils.

On October 22, two children from Gadap, Karachi, and Dadu, were declared positive for polio

Misbah said his team is wholeheartedly behind the campaign against polio

This raises the total number of polio cases in Pakistan this year to 280

Attaullah convinces parents to save their children from the fate he met when he was one

Families of aid workers lament govt apathy to their sacrifice.

Afghan Taliban say they do not consider vaccinations ‘un-Islamic’

With more than 85% of the world’s cases, Pakistan stands as the single largest threat

Polio stricken national paralympic table tennis champ urges people to immunise their children before it’s too late

Manoon Hussain, Nawaz Sharif reiterate govt's commitment to combating polio

Ziauddin University holds interactive seminar.

Health officials should be placed at airports to ensure that every person coming into country is screened for Ebola

Representatives of Unicef, WHO and Rotary International discuss plans

Asks authorities to take coordinated steps to clear K-P and FATA of the disease

Health workers and volunteers launch three-day polio immunisation campaign in six districts of Balochistan

Pakistan PolioPlus National Chair Aziz Memon talks about Pakistan being the last country to eliminate crippling virus

Three month old in Lakki Marwat identified as the 207th case of polio in Pakistan this year

Health Department teams have not visited dozens of villages in DG Khan’s tribal areas

Until the anti-polio campaigns are not audited and officials not held accountable, how can we expect results

Daughters of two political foes may form unlikely alliance

Coverage is so far below 90%, in Balochistan, Fata, according to official

Forged polio certificates submitted with India visa applications is a serious offence, says Indian High Commission

JI Ameer Sirajul Haq says mid-term elections depend on federal government’s performance.

It is for K-P administration to concentrate its energies on polio rather than street-corner politics in Islamabad

Federal health officials express concern over campaign

Sindh health minister says they plan to vaccinate 120,000 children after Eidul Azha

Eight more cases confirmed in K-P, Fata, Quetta and Karachi

We seem to have far more important tasks to do: staging miles-long protest rallies, holding impressive public meetings

Of the cases, 4 have been reported from K-P, 2 from Fata and one each from Karachi and Quetta

The samples had been collected between September 3 and September 20

Two cases reported from Peshawar, two from Khyber Agency and one each from Karachi, North Waziristan Agency and Mardan

CDA shied from responsibility to vaccinate children at sit in, cites security fears

A school teacher and a revenue official attacked the vaccination staff

With three more cases, the number of polio victims has reached 187.

On the first day of the national anti-polio drive, 36,483 children were immunised

Polio vaccination campaign started on September 29 in the city

Of the fresh cases, two each are from FR Bannu and K-P, four from Khyber Agency and two from Karachi

Two more cases were reported from Gadap Town, bringing the total number of cases in the city to 17.

Of those confirmed, 4 cases were from Khyber Agency, 2 from FR Bannu, 2 from Gadap in Karachi and one in Bannu.