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We want to foster peace, stability for people of Afghanistan: MEA reaffirms India's commitment to Afghan developmentIndia continues its strong support for Afghanistan, reaffirms MEA. The nation is focused on peace, stability, and development. This include...
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...
Pakistan records three more poliovirus cases; countrywide tally reaches 17Three new poliovirus cases were reported in Pakistan, bringing the 2025 total to 17, with 10 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The cases were found ...
Polio continues to cripple Pakistan as virus yet again detected across 20 sewage samplesPakistan faces a polio challenge. Poliovirus is found in sewage samples from various districts, including Islamabad. Sindh has the highest ...
Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
Pakistan records one more poliovirus case; tally reaches 13Pakistani authorities confirmed a new poliovirus case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the national count to 13 in 2025. The affected child i...
From 27.3 lakh in 2021, India's zero-dose kids drop to about 16 lakh in 2023: Unicef & WHOIndia ranked second globally in 2023 for children not receiving vaccines. Efforts needed to identify and immunize unvaccinated children. WH...
Effectively dominated intl border, nabbed intruders, foiled drug smuggling attempts, says BSF Gujarat FrontierOf the 24 Indian nationals apprehended near the international border, two were Punjab-based smugglers found to be involved in trans-border ...
Global vaccine push to save 50 million lives by 2030: WHO"If we're to avoid multiple outbreaks of life-threatening diseases like measles, yellow fever and diphtheria, we must ensure routine vaccin...
89 lakh kids below 5 years given polio drops across India on 'Polio Ravivar': Health ministry"The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinat...
Pulse polio programme gets underway in KarnatakaSudhakar said the COVID-19 vaccination drive would be temporarily stopped for four days from Sunday as extra health staff have to be deploy...
Vaccines: 200 years of progress -- and scepticismFour in 10 Americans, and six in 10 French people say they will not get vaccinated against the virus, even if the shot is free.
India has highest number of pneumonia & diarrhoea deaths among children: ReportThe Health Ministry recently announced that the PCV that can combat pneumonia, will be rolled out as part of the Universal Immunisation Pro...
Pakistan plans to vaccinate three million children against polioIPV will be administered to children at end of November as a supplementary dose while Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) will be given to them as per...
Nobel Peace Prize 2014: Committee gets the cause right but errs in dragging religious identitiesIf being Hindu or Muslim mattered in opposing this backwardness, Einstein’s Jewishness should be relevant in his formulation of the theory ...
New case of polio reported in PakistanGunmen has frequently attacked polio vaccination workers, accusing them of being Western spies and part of a plot to sterilise Muslims.
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 Nigeria
To 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 Nigeria
A leading Indian pharmaceutical company has launched a polio vaccine, POLPROTEC in Nigeria to help combat the spread of polio in Africa's t...