polio

Canada reiterates support to eradicate virus from Pakistan

The child had come from Loralai in October last year and was vaccinated by the health department

Almost 97% of city’s children given polio drops in five-day campaign

This is one of the deadliest attacks on the polio programme which has been making considerable headway nationally

Four-year-old Rahimyar Khan resident tests positive for poliovirus.

Campaign will target 2.4 million children, with drops being administered in 30 provincial districts

Memon asks police to not only pay attention to polio teams’ security issues but also cooperate with Shah & his team

Polio cases declined from the 306 recorded in 2014 to 51 in 2015

Number of cases see significant drop from 179 in 2014 to 16 in 2015

Torghar, Tank still remain prime focus of health officials

Drive kicks off in region to vaccinate 123,000 children

The number of cases has fallen from 63 in 1999 to just 14 in 2013

Nowshera DHO lauds efforts to create polio-free region

Villagers demanded posting of teachers in non-functional primary school

The four-day drive started on December 13 and will continue till December 17

The attackers, who were close relatives of the couple, did not want Yasmeen and Nazeer to enter the village

Official says family had refused polio vaccination for the child

Virus confirmed in two-year-old from the tribal territory.

Fresh case reported from Mirdad Khel area of Khyber Agency

A new case of poliovirus was confirmed in a 25-month-old boy in Quetta

A task force has been formed to ensure effective drives against the virus

Ten absent doctors have been called for a hearing

According to the UN’s UNOCHA, there were 71 incidents of violence and threats against aid workers this year

Quetta commissioner says negligence will not be tolerated

Official says doctor died on the spot, while his driver sustained several serious injuries

Police recovers two suicide jackets and electric goods from their posession

Recent case takes this year’s count of polio cases to 42 across the country

Polio is now cornered in only three sanctuaries — the Khyber-Peshawar corridor, Karachi and Quetta

First round of NID draws to a close; more efforts chalked out for eradication

Health workers on vaccination drives do not face an easy task, especially in a city of six million like Lahore

There have been 40 cases reported so far this year compared to almost 300 in 2014

Under this initiative, educated locals from within communities have been hired

Clerics gather in provincial capital to disperse misconceptions regarding OPV

The available teams can cover around 600 children per day which means we miss almost 300 children daily

CM asks local representatives to help monitor progress

All arrangements have been finalised and 150 teams will take part in the drive

International NGO criticises the country for reporting highest number of cases

World needs to realise that there are other illnesses seriously affecting patients and these are not getting attention

Officials also stressed that everybody needed to play a role in order to rid the community of the disease

The stipulated target was 4,919,693 children under five years of age

Those involved in immunisation drives said more needs to be done to raise awareness in the region

EOC coordinator says security, polio team performance has improved marginally

At least 11 union councils in the city were declared ‘high-risk’ two years ago in 2013

Efforts have been made to incorporate new interventions in the new three-year plan to combat the disease

Peshawar district nazim says by-laws in place whereby DC will lead fight against polio

Even as polio cases dropped significantly in 2015, Karachi is still at high-risk for polio cases

Health workers fear attacks; ask for proactive, efficient security arrangements

2015 saw an 85% decline in the number of polio cases in the country

The virus in the OPV is processed in a way that it cannot cause harm at any level

UNICEF Underserved Strategy Coordinator shares how refusals and missing children in UP were brought into the OPV net