WHO, Unicef declare end of polio outbreak in the Philippines
The UN agencies have praised the government’s efforts to continue fighting the disease despite the Covid-19 pandemic ...
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A Multibillion-Dollar Plan to End Polio, and Soon
As the world adjusts to the idea of coexisting with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, global health organizations ...
Two police officers protecting Pakistan polio vaccination team shot dead
Gunmen on a motorcycle on Wednesday shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination workers in ...
Pak launches polio vaccination drive as Covid cases drop
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate millions of children against polio, as new coronavirus cases decline ...
Afghans Work to Stem Polio Rise Amid Violence, Pandemic – The Diplomat
AdvertisementAfghanistan is trying to inoculate millions of children against polio after pandemic lockdowns stalled the effort to eradicate the ...
Gunmen kill three women polio workers in Afghanistan
Gunmen killed three Afghan women involved in a nationwide polio immunization program Tuesday, officials said, a day after authorities ...
UAE vaccinates 86 million Pakistani kids against polio
Over half-a-billion doses of the polio vaccine administered in 7 years. The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE ...
UAE-funded program helps vaccinate 86 million children in Pakistan against polio
Polio eradication efforts led by the UAE Pakistan Assistance program (UAE PAP) has led to more than 500 million ...
12 kids given hand sanitiser drops instead of polio dose in Maharashtra’s Kapsikopri
The affected children, aged below 5, were admitted to a government hospital, where their condition is stated to be ...
Pulse polio drive aims at covering 70.26 lakh children aged below five
43,051 booths to be established. Tamil Nadu, which is entering the 17th polio-free year, is set to vaccinate 70.26 ...