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Pakistan: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild Poliovirus 1Environmental samples collected from four cities in Pakistan, including Karachi and Peshawar, have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus 1 (W...19 Oct, 2023, 12.59 PM IST- After India, other South East Asian countries opting for fractional doses of IPV: WHOWHO said that India became the first country globally to introduce fractional doses of IPV in childhood immunisation programme in eight sta...12 Jan, 2017, 05.05 PM IST
- Risk of importation of poliovirus still persists: WHO officialOn January 13, WHO South-East Asia Region completed five years without any case of wild poliovirus.17 Jan, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
- Pakistan may be polio free by next year: UNICEFPakistan may be declared a 'non- endemic country for polio virus' by next year, a UNICEF health official said today.09 Nov, 2015, 10.08 PM IST
- Over 4000 polio vaccine refusal cases in Pakistan's BalochistanOver 4,000 cases of refusal of polio vaccination have been recorded in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said.07 Sep, 2015, 10.34 PM IST
- Pakistan aims to completely eradicate polio by next yearPM Nawaz Sharif has set up a National Routine Immunisation Committee of the federal cabinet to prepare a strategy to permanently eradicate ...08 Aug, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
- Three new polio cases detected in PakistanMilitants allege that the anti-polio vaccine is a Western conspiracy to sterilise Muslims though Islamic scholars reject any such allegatio...31 Jan, 2015, 02.29 PM IST
- 4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 276Pakistan government has come under criticism for doing little to eradicate the virus which is a threat to the world.06 Dec, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
- 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...04 Nov, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
- 4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 235Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...01 Nov, 2014, 01.32 PM IST
- 4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 231Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...30 Oct, 2014, 01.49 PM IST
- 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 ...24 Oct, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- 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.27 Jun, 2014, 09.26 PM IST
- Year's first case of vaccine-derived polio reported in BengalA five-month-old child from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has got infected with the virus after taking the oral polio vaccine.19 Mar, 2012, 09.14 AM IST
- India on vigil for new enemy from LoC: PoliovirusPakistan, reported over 190 cases last year, and also exported the crippling virus to China that was polio-free for 20 years.13 Jan, 2012, 08.54 AM IST
- India can achieve zero transmission of polio in 2 yrs: GatesIndia could see zero transmission of the crippling polio virus in the next two years, according to business magnate turned philanthropist B...01 Feb, 2011, 02.34 AM IST
- Africa, Bangladesh better than India in immunisation: Bill GatesIndia’s inability to stamp out polio has raised serious fears that the virus causing the crippling disease might never be eradicated.24 Jul, 2009, 07.21 AM IST
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