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The PM’s praise for polio workers rings hollow.

NIH confirms the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus in an environmental sample collected from Lahore in January 2023.

THE discovery of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in 32 environmental samples taken this year raises some critical...

Pakistan is on a mission to get polio back under control following an increase in cases. Rotary International is playing a key role.

Download logoMembers of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean reviewed recent progress during the

Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children, but data management software is providing a way forward.

Islamabad : The newly-appointed president of Rotary International, Jennifer Jones, visited the National Emergency Operations Centre here.Her visit comes at a highly crucial time when the Polio...

A massive anti-polio campaign in Pakistan targeting 12.6 million children under the age of five, will begin on Monday as the country has reported 11 confirmed cases this year.The second Sub-National Immunisation Days (SNIDs) campaign of the ...

Polio has been eradicated in nearly every country in the world, but Pakistan and Afghanistan are facing a surge in infections. We discuss what’s driving the outbreak — and how to fight it — with Dr. Shahzad Baig, who leads Pakistan's Polio Eradication Programme; and Aidan O'Leary, director for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organization.

Polio has been eradicated in nearly every country in the world, but Pakistan is facing a surge in infections. Doctors and frontline workers are currently working to tame the surge, but their work has been complicated by conspiracy theories and fears of attacks.