The eradication of polio as a global health threat may face delays due to significant U.S. funding cuts, potentially resulting in more chil...

The latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, su...

Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with its neighbour Afghanistan. The new case - a 21-month-old boy who...

A statement from the Pakistan Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday that this is Gate's first-ever visit to Pakistan. The Pak premier's ...

Attempts to eradicate the disease in Pakistan have been seriously hampered by the targeting of vaccination teams in recent years by militan...

Pakistan may be declared a 'non- endemic country for polio virus' by next year, a UNICEF health official said today.

Nawaz Sharif said his government has a firm resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan, the worst affected country in the world.

The issue of restrictions came up for discussion yesterday during a meeting of a German parliamentary delegation with President Mamnoon Hus...

India runs a high risk of importing polio from its key neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan which have a high polio burden, the government t...

A similar technical support was also committed to Afghanistan for supporting polio eradication programme, besides providing micro level pla...

Pakistan government has come under criticism for doing little to eradicate the virus which is a threat to the world.

An official statement from the Health Ministry said the plan was originally conceived in Delhi in 1994 when Vardhan was the state's health ...

The World Health Organisation in its progress report held Pakistan responsible for failing to curb the surge in polio cases.

The last new case of polio in India was reported three years ago and the country can now be declared polio-free.

The Pakistan government will eliminate terrorism, a "disease" that has inflicted society, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said.

Pakistan, reported over 190 cases last year, and also exported the crippling virus to China that was polio-free for 20 years.

The World Bank on Friday approved two projects totaling USD 135 million to help Pakistan strengthen its social safety nets and eradicate po...