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WR (Left) with the Honorable Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello Content provided by Last updated: 2 hours ago With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan...

Nigeria’s FCT Minister pledges support for implementation of Polio Transition Plan to sustain legacy Format WR (Left) with the Honorable Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello © WHO/OGBEIDE E. Abuja, 12 May, 2021 - With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhamme...

Members of the TIMB include: Sir Liam Donaldson (Former Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Professor Sheila Leatherman, CBE, Hon RCP, Professor of Global Health Policy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina; Dr Boluwatife Oluwafunmilola Lola-Dare, President, Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development, CHESTRAD Global; and Dr Senjuti Saha, Scientist, Child Health Res...

All the newborns should be taken to booths and administered polio drops so that the state and the country remain free of the disease, UP CM said .Despite India being polio-free, the danger of the disease coming from the polio-infected countries still remains, he said

URL copied National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled to January 31 The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled to January 31. Earlier, the Centre had deferred the drive till further notice. The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India. The Union Health Ministry has communicated the deci...

"Some communities have become so hostile to the Polio Programme, and so opposed to letting their children have the vaccine, that negative attitudes may have reached the point of no return....[T]he GPEI - from global to regional to national to local level - needs to adapt and do things differently."

English News and Press Release on Pakistan about Health and Epidemic; published on 10 Jan 2021 by Govt. Pakistan

Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. Under the agreement, the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public. Earlier, the government had set aside $150m for the...

Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. Under the agreement, the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public. Earlier, the government had set aside $150m for the...

Special IPV polio campaign starts Dec 14 Punjab reports 14 polio cases so far in 2020 whereas provincial tally in 2019 stood at 12 APP December 12, 2020 MULTAN: Punjab Polio Programme was all set to organise a special polio campaign using Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) in three districts of the province from December 14, said a spokesperson for the programme on Friday. The campaign would be held in 113 selected union councils of Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, he added. “Seeing polio e...