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Pakistan efforts to eliminate polio have suffered another blow after a northern enclave reported its first case in seven ...
Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic. Despite global efforts to eradicate the virus, challenges such as security issues ...
Health workers have begun a campaign to vaccinate 9.5 million children against polio in 41 districts in Pakistan this week ... samples have been found. The anti-polio drive will be launched ...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday called for a major policy shift to ensure effective vaccination ...
Pakistan on Sunday launched the last anti-polio campaign of the year in another ... cases in Pakistan have come forward which is a great challenge and matter of great concern," Sharif said.
Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face in eradicating one of ...
Unknown armed men abducted two on-duty polio workers in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a five-day immunisation drive against poliovirus began across Pakistan on Monday, police said. The ...
Pakistan began on Monday a week-long second ... Sharif reaffirmed the government’s commitment to eradicating polio from the country and announced the launch of a fresh 7-day national anti-polio ...
Officials say gunmen have shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan before ...
Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face ... Militants have targeted ...