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National polio vaccination drive set to reach over 45.8 mln children

The Health Ministry reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve to protect all children from the disability-causing polio virus launched the second nationwide polio vaccination campaign of the year on Sunday.

The frontline worker who lost her feet in a train accident, but never the resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan.

The Government of Japan has announced a new US$ 3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support to polio eradication efforts in Pakistan

Islamabad:The Government of Japan has announced a new $3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support to polio eradication efforts in Pakistan. Pakistan...

LAHORE : Amid frequent outbreaks in other provinces, Punjab closed the year 2023 without a polio case, achieving a significant milestone in fight against the crippling virus.The achievement can be...

Officials of the Border Health Services were tasked to support the polio teams deployed at airports.

They were taken from five districts of country

After the success of eradicating smallpox, the journey began nearly 40 years ago to also remove polio from the planet. The challenge of consigning a second disease to the history books is ongoing, with $1 billion per year being spent trying to destroy it. The simplest of all public health interventions - a few drops of vaccine into a child’s mouth-is enmeshed by a complex web of geopolitical barriers. The definitive interruption of poliovirus transmission will only be possible if the Polio Pro...

A variety of new hurdles has emerged in the long, difficult struggle to eradicate polio, a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus that can infect the spinal cord