polio

Survey of 11 high-risk districts across Pakistan turns out to be below satisfactory

Haseeb Ahmed, a polio worker, was run over by a truck on Tuesday

Raif Khan was standing outside a mobile shop when attackers riding a motorcycle targeted him

K-P governor, PM’s focal person urge maintaining quality and access for immunisation campaigns in the region

Parents showed responsibility by ensuring their wards were duly administered the drops

CM said he hopes that no polio case will be reported this year

Balochistan Emergency Centre coordinator says one case each reported from Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab so far in 2017

AKU, Peshawar Medical College conduct study on polio threats in conflict-hit areas of Pakistan

Board to announce recommendations later in May

Progress in polio eradication has been a result of intensive and quality vaccination campaigns driven by government

Republican Congressman Daniel Donovan also vows to protect rights of American Muslims

Govt says samples indicating presence of virus are worrisome.

At least 700,000 children under five-years of age were administered anti-polio drops in the region

Police said they had received an application from the health department and were looking into the case

Senator Ayesha Raza conducted surprise visits to various areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad

Data for March shows many refusal cases are those of literate people

Health department constitutes over 44,000 teams to perform duty.

Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq urges highest quality of inoculation drives

Jean-Marc Olivé says the country made remarkable progress since the group’s last meeting

DHO says no polio case has been reported from any part of the district this year

Rumours swirling around campaigns discourage inoculation in K-P

Majority of incidents were reported in Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur and Sargodha

Four thousand female polio workers deployed on the front lines in the district

Over 5.9 million children below the age of five years would be vaccinated

Follow up campaigns have been ordered by the CM and are under way

Some 2.4 million children to be vaccinated in Balochistan

Bahawalpur Deputy Commissioner Rana Muhammad Saleem Afzal said such campaigns must be seen as a national duty

As the case surfaced, a team of doctors rushed to the area to gather firsthand information

Campaign will be held in Diamer, Gilgit, Kohistan, Shangla and Batgram districts and parts of Mansehra and Abbottabad

'Lahore, Rawalpindi should prepare locally customised strategies for routine immunisation coverage, especially polio'

Others stated that the virus could have been eliminated in 2012 in Pakistan

Latest campaign to target southern and central areas of the province

The campaign will be carried out as per a new schedule amid tight security for the polio teams

WHO, EOC host orientation session on virus and its prevention

Four-month-old Ali Hassan was diagnosed with virus

During the campaign, 1,951 polio teams would go door-to-door

A large number of religious persons offered to help counter the propaganda against polio vaccination

Top official says arrest is the last option after they tried their level best to convince parents

The minister underscored the need for synergy between EPI and PEI is a panacea to sustain polio eradication

OPV will also be administered to children up to 23 months of age

The focus must now shift towards selection and deployment of well-trained

Parental refusal has not been effectively countered

She said that no child should be missed any more in the campaign

Directorates have been asked to immediately stop salaries of the officials who failed to perform their duties

The overall progress of the first nationwide campaign was reviewed by the National Emergency Operation Centre (EOC)

An anti-polio campaign has been started in the province to eradicate the disease

Children will be administered oral polio vaccines during the campaign

Some 1,029,179 children will be inoculated during the drive

PM’s focal person on polio expresses concerns over polio cases in province, demands action

112 transit points including 270 fix centres would also be set up to administer the drops