polio

Earlier, the health secretary was briefed in detail about the performance of each district

Illness leads to five child deaths; inquiry clears polio workers of any wrongdoing

Faisal assured that fool-proof security arrangements will also be in place during the campaign

The DCO said Rawalpindi, due to its key geographical location, was very prone to polio virus

Sukkur deputy commissioner directs the concerned officers to ensure door to door visits of polio teams

Polio carriers are cousins living in same house in Mohammad Qaim Jat village

Moving population made it difficult to identify all polio cases

As many as 1.02m children will be inoculated in FATA, 1.6m in Balochistan

Unicef wanted children to become healthy and useful citizens

Pinning down the presence of polio to mere refusals is problematic

Following the incident a security meeting was called in the Khyber tribal area

Sources say Fazal Ameen was on his way to immunise children in Jamrud Tehsil of Agency when he was targeted

Balochistan’s EOC coordinator says religious scholars playing vital role in dispelling misconceptions

Murad Ali Shah visits hospital, says he has taken ownership of anti-polio campaign

Emergency Operation Centre to submit response

Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq says country not far from finish line

Polio campaign to target 2.2 million children in Karachi

Doctors of WHO took samples from the sewage last month

Says union polio eradication committees are not meeting their potential

National coordinator for EOCs says they have not recorded any case in core reservoirs since February

Azeem Pathan, son of Abdul Rehman Pathan, is a native of a village in Khothi union council in Jati taluka

Asmatullah was on his way to the hospital when unidentified men opened fire on his vehicle

Fourteen cases have so far been confirmed among which 10 are male children

Proportion of missed, unvaccinated children has fallen to 4%

Iqbal said no case of dengue has been reported in the district

Polio teams from both countries discuss challenges in tackling the disease

After many years when there is finally hope that polio can be eradicated from Pakistan this year

Sometimes workers fill out data forms without actually inoculating children, says an official

Islamabad mayor calls for mobilising dedicated human resources; meeting discusses challenges in meeting polio targets

Dr Zakaullah’s death is a tragedy for all health workers across the country who continue to carry out inoculations

Doctor Zakaullah Khan was killed late Saturday when gunmen on a motorbike opened fire near his house

The secretary orders contingency plan for dengue virus surveillance during Eid holidays

Waseem blames lack of awareness among people for vaccination refusal

Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic

Let’s end polio, once and for all, says chief secretary

The scheme has been devised by Islamic Advisory Group (IAG)

Pakistan has made Herculean efforts to finally eradicate the polio virus

Follow-up drive will be held to cover children who miss immunisation

Campaign: Sindh polio-free for last three months 

IMB hopes National Emergency Action Plan will end virus translation

At least 1,088 posts of EPI technicians have been sanctioned

EOC coordinator hosts polio orientation for additional deputy commissioners

Drive to eliminate polio virus in high-risk areas, including IDP,refugee camps

Police, Elite Force and Baloch Levies will escort the teams during the drive

Focus on children missed in previous inoculation drives 

Also hail Pakistan’s current performance of the last six months

Technical Advisory Group members participated in the meeting

Strain had not been seen in India for 17 years and the vaccines were not available locally in sufficient quantities

During the campaign, 2.2 million children under five years old will be given polio drops

Experts said there was a lot more to be done to eliminate the crippling polio virus from the country