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POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE
Pakistan's polio cases fell by half in 2025 despite attacks on vaccination teamsPakistan has seen a significant drop in polio cases in 2025, with 30 reported compared to 74 the previous year. Despite ongoing militant at...- Polio lost, but fake records & imperfect vax helped it rear its ugly headDespite decades of global efforts and billions spent, the polio eradication campaign in Pakistan and Afghanistan faces critical challenges....
- The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, imperfect vaccine, missteps aided its comebackThe global polio eradication program faces setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mismanagement, falsified records, and unqualified staff pl...
- Bharat Biotech, Bilthoven Biologicals collaborate for oral polio vaccines production, supplyBharat Biotech on Tuesday said it has collaborated with the Netherlands-based Bilthoven Biologicals B.V, a wholly-owned arm of Serum Instit...
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates $1.2 billion for polio eradicationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $1.2 billion for the global eradication of polio, which is still cropping up in Pakistan and Af...
- EXPLAINER-Why has polio been found in London, New York and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it?Polio terrified parents around the world for the first half of the 20th century. Affecting mainly children under five, it is often asymptom...
- Philanthropist Bill Gates conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan honour for efforts to eradicate polioA 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 ...
- Uttar Pradesh recalls contaminated polio vaccineIn April 2016, after due recommendations from Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India decided to switch from the trivalent to bivalent v...
- Sanofi Pasteur launches injectable inactivated polio vaccineSanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, today announced launch of ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
- PM Narendra Modi proposes polio eradication, regional satellite to MyanmarModi spoke about India's initiative to launch an exclusive satellite for the SAARC countries and said Myanmar will also benefit from it in ...
- India offers Pakistan 'full cooperation' for polio eradicationAn official statement from the Health Ministry said the plan was originally conceived in Delhi in 1994 when Vardhan was the state's health ...
- Build on Polio success to fight other diseasesMany diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are now more common than vaccine-preventable diseases.
- 6 AIIMS-like institutes to be functional by end of 2014: Ghulam Nabi AzadAzad today said the six AIIMS-like institutes, set up in as many states, as part of government's efforts to ramp up medical infrastructure,...
- 'India's victory important milestone in eliminating polio'The last new case of polio in India was reported three years ago and the country can now be declared polio-free.
- Terrorism a disease that will be eliminated: Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifThe Pakistan government will eliminate terrorism, a "disease" that has inflicted society, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said.
- Panacea Biotec, an Indian pharma firm launches polio vaccine POLPROTEC in NigeriaTo make the vaccine easily available, Panacea Biotec is partnering Emzor pharma which has a strong footprint across Nigeria.
- Indian pharma firm 'Panacea Biotec' launches drug against polio in NigeriaA leading Indian pharmaceutical company has launched a polio vaccine, POLPROTEC in Nigeria to help combat the spread of polio in Africa's t...
- 2011 saw India leading fight against polioA significant fall in infant mortality rates, the longest polio-free period in the country, lowest decadal growth of population in 90 years...
- Gates foundation pledges $630 mn to fight polio in IndiaThe international community, led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today pledged over USD 630 million to fight polio in India over t...
- Bill Gates meets Ramadoss, discusses polio eradicationBill Gates met Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and discussed the polio eradication programme in the country for which his foundatio...
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