The global polio eradication program faces setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mismanagement, falsified records, and unqualified staff pl...

Pakistani authorities confirmed a new poliovirus case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the national count to 13 in 2025. The affected child i...

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

According to NEOC, the National Reference Lab identified the latest case involving a 20-month-old girl from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtun...

Polio, once nearly eradicated, remains a threat in some regions. Recent cases in Gaza highlight the danger, with efforts now focused on glo...

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...

India annually celebrates National Immunization Day on 16 March to raise awareness of the value of immunisation.

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...

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

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

PM Nawaz Sharif has set up a National Routine Immunisation Committee of the federal cabinet to prepare a strategy to permanently eradicate ...

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

Many diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are now more common than vaccine-preventable diseases.

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

According to UNICEF, only one case of polio was reported in India this year, as against 41 cases last year. In 2009, there were 741 cases.

India could see zero transmission of the crippling polio virus in the next two years, according to business magnate turned philanthropist B...

Joining the campaign for polio eradication in the country, Indian cricket team contributed to UNICEF's Bowl Out Polio campaign by presentin...