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.

Over 4,000 cases of refusal of polio vaccination have been recorded in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said.

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...

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 Indian High Commission issued a statement yesterday warning that such visa applications would be rejected and the applicants permanentl...

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.

India announced it would be mandatory for all persons - adults or children - travelling to the country from Pakistan to take an Oral Polio ...

India has not reported a single polio case in over 200 days. The country's only polio case reported this year was on January 13 from West B...

Fearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the ministry of health and family welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land a...

Booths have been set up at the Wagah border for people coming from Pakistan by foot or by the Indo-Pak bus service.

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