polio virus

Pakistan has the most sensitive polio surveillance system in the world

Response is set to begin on February 13

Health Minister Patel says Pakistan and Afghanistan are together in their fight against disease

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

The crippling disease virus was detected in a two-year-old girl from North Waziristan district

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

23 cases of the crippling virus have been reported from the province during the ongoing year

Over 1,100 polio vaccination refusals

More than 2.5 million children of less than five years would be administered with polio drops

50,000 workers will vaccinate over nine million children during the anti-polio campaign

A 15-month-old child was diagnosed with the virus in Pishin district

Two new cases confirmed by NIH

Indecision on part of the Punjab government imperilled anti-polio campaign’s future

Two-year-old latest to test positive, raises provincial score to 19

12 cases of poliovirus have so far been detected in the province during the ongoing year

So far, 12 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan in the current year, of which five are from Sindh.

Tally of polio-hit children by poliomyelitis has reached to nine in K-P this year

Education dept suspends registration for two other private schools, highlight 'superiority complex'

Murad says rise in cases is due to inability to carry out immunisation campaigns last year

Punjab EOC sets up special vaccination points all over the province to vaccinate every child on the move

Sindh's polio tally for 2019 climbs to 30

Father claims baby girl died of an infection after being vaccinatet without consent

Meanwhile, another two cases from last year raise the province's count for 2019 to 27

At least 136 polio cases were reported in Pakistan in the year 2019

Hussain advises parents to come forward

To fool authorities, parents mark children’s fingers in advance to indicate that they have already been vaccinated

More than 800,000 children receive the vaccine

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

4,600 refusal cases surfaced during the four-day anti-polio drive in Hyderabad

Health ministry plans anti-polio campaign between April 22-26

Operation Raddul Fasaad cleared way for vaccination campaign

The authorities will have to devise a more potent instrument to check vaccination refusals

Peshawar, Khyber Agency record highest number of refusals in K-P and Fata, respectively

Second case this year emerges in Gadap

Note progress made in the fight against polio virus

Programme’s director says they require uniform activity across the country

Workers to help counter misconceptions against inoculation

Medical tests show boy contracted virus from a resident of Punjab

At least 1,077 mobile teams had been constituted

The campaign would cover as many as 113 union councils in three districts

Year’s first nationwide polio vaccination drive kicked off on Monday

‘Next campaign to focus on mobile populations in Lahore, Rawalpindi’

CM’s adviser says efforts under way to achieve 90% routine immunisation

Separately, polio worker shot dead in Nowshera Friday evening

With the case in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has four children diagnosed with the crippling virus this year

Aijaz Khan had missed two OPV doses through routine immunisation

The samples were collected from Tulsidas pumping station in downtown Hyderabad

Report reveals number of polio cases in Pakistan during the first nine months of this year

District officers have been instructed to up their performance