polio

2,000 vaccinators would be recruited in order to make polio vaccination more effective

Vaccination campaign targets nine million children, with over two million in Karachi

DC directs teams to use masks, gloves and hand sanitisers

UNICEF holds media workshop to create awareness about vaccination

District administration plans more vaccination drives

DC directs the polio teams to perform their duties honestly and dedicatedly for success of the campaign

Polio vaccination drive from November 31

The polio teams have been given tight security

Chief secretary directs health department to ensure every child is vaccinated

Provincial finance minister wants a new strategy to combat the virus

On World Polio Day, Achakzai says technology can help speed up the polio eradication process

New polio cases in the province and the presence of the virus in the environmental samples was a matter of concern

The international organisation plans to cut staff by 70% in the district

The five-day anti-polio campaign kicked off in the entire district of Rawalpindi

Six-year-old girl's health records show she had completed her polio immunisation

Health officer says 1,950 inoculation teams will go door-to-door in Pindi

DHOs told to fill gaps creating hurdles

Polio vaccine drops will be administered to over 900,000 children under five years of age

The fresh case recorded from Pishin district has raised provincial tally of polio cases to 17

SAPM on health deems parental support key to eradicating the crippling virus

New campaign in southeastern Somalia’s Banadir region aims to vaccinate children against polio, measles

Experts say bacterial meningitis kills as many as 25,000 children a year in country

Hyderabad deputy commissioner also visited dozens of families who had refused immunisation

ndhi’s union council-2 is one of the eight high-risk UCs for polio in Karachi

More than 2,098,000 children will be vaccinated across province

Vaccinators to follow pandemic SOPs in door-to-door drive

Bill Gates appreciates Pakistan's success against coronavirus, reiterates support to help end polio

Deputy Commissioner Amjad Shuaib Tareen underlines raising awareness

As many as 9.2 million children under the age of five years to administered vaccine

As many as 1,419 polio teams were constituted in which 3,116 workers would perform duty

Discuss coronavirus response, resumption of anti-polio campaigns

Face masks and sanitisers will be provided to all polio workers during the drive

Campaign will focus on selected UCs of Quetta

Drive to cover Karachi’s most vulnerable districts amid fears of immunity gap

598 teams to administer polio vaccine to 260,632 children

Approximately 260,000 children to be vaccinated in first drive since Covid-19 outbreak

17-month-old girl from Balochistan’s Qilla Abdullah contracts polio virus

In a first, a small-scale campaign will be launched in South Waziristan

PMA president says doctors, paramedics and the public should cooperate fully with polio immunisation teams

It will be first immunisation drive since pandemic’s outbreak

This is the first polio-campaign since the breakout of Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan

Polio vaccinators to be upgraded

Immunisation drive to begin from July 20, special campaigns to be launched in 23 UCs

Case detected in Shagai tehsil of South Waziristan district

The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Samples of the child were obtained on June 10 and 11

We cannot let our fight against one disease come at the expense of fight against other diseases, say WHO, UNICEF

Ten polio cases have been detected in the province in 2020 thus far

The province’s tally has now hit seven and Pakistan’s to 42 this year

State Dept recogninses UN agency’s key role in battle against Covid-19, polio