polio

Bangash stressed that religious scholars and opinion makers should be engaged for making anti-polio drive successful

WHO's DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says agency was working with the UK on the response

Polio campaigns to be synchronized with Afghanistan

Top official urges parents to give polio drops to their children

Gates acknowledges positive progress and reiterates the foundation’s continued support to Pakistan

Premier has summoned a meeting of the National Task Force for Polio Eradication

Govt will deploy at least 10,832 teams to vaccinate children aged five and below

Over 150,000 polio workers will participate in campaign

Five-day polio campaign to start from February 28

His foundation is critical in taking the country to the precipice of becoming polio-free for the first time in history

Billionaire philanthropist meets President, PM during his first-ever visit to country

Last infection of the wild poliovirus was recorded on January 27, 2021, according to officials

In a telephonic conversation, PM Imran praises Gates Foundation's advocacy to promote equitable access to vaccines

The incident is the second consecutive attack on polio teams in K-P

Coming from a heavy toll of 147 wild polio cases in 2019 and 84 previous year to only one thus far is a mega success

Yasmeen Rashid advises citizens to take precautionary measures against dengue

Information minister says govt will use technology to conduct 7th census

Vaccinators stage protest, threaten to boycott campaign

Polio teams will also be available at bus stops, railway stations and hospitals for administering anti-polio drops

SAPM Dr Faisal Sultan urges parents to vaccinate their children

Five-day anti-polio campaign aims to immunise 2.5 million children up to the age of five

Lawmakers from major political parties agree to enact legislation to mandate polio vaccination for every child

Seven-day drive aims to inoculate 7.5m children across 22 districts of Sindh

She contracted the virus at the age of five months yet completed MA in Economics with distinction

While the world has long moved on, polio continues to paralyse lives in parts of Pakistan

Premier encourages Microsoft to further expand its footprint in Pakistan

The polio challenge ahead

Dr Rashid says targets achieved through forming thousands of teams

Attacked in Mardan’s Palo Dheri village by unidentified terrorists in the afternoon

Eight union councils in Karachi marked as ‘high-risk’ areas

Samples collected from more than 60 locations test negative for crippling virus

Samples taken from 20 areas found virus-free

More than 35 million children have already been vaccinated in the first four days

Five-day anti-polio vaccination drive launched

WHO urges journalists to play role in polio eradication

Actor praised the efforts of a team of women walking in blankets of snow to deliver the vaccine

30,000 people living in the Batwar village have put forward the demand

DPO says polio team remains unhurt in the incident

Health minister appeals to parents to get children vaccinated to prevent crippling disease

Around 285,000 workers to take part in campaign starting today

While Pakistan successfully tackled the pandemic, questions were raised as to why we couldn’t eradicate polio so far

Polio vaccinators have been trained with the coordinated efforts of the government

Rawalpindi DC tells health authority to ensure proper administration of polio drops to children under five years

The report claimed that the virus was detected during the laboratory tests

After the new case in the province, the tally of positive cases has reached 83 across the country

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

Dr Rana Safdar reaffirmed the strong commitment of the government to eradicate polio from the country

‘Is this going to take away my reproductive ability?’, Dr in Islamabad recounts bizarre doubts clouding people’s minds

Over 39 million children to be vaccinated during campaign across the country

2,964 teams will go door-to-door to administer polio drops to 885,000 children less than five years old