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POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS
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 ...
- 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...
- U.S. actions may set polio eradication back, WHO saysThe eradication of polio as a global health threat may face delays due to significant U.S. funding cuts, potentially resulting in more chil...
- Pakistan reports third polio case amid concerns of widespread transmissionThe latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, su...
- 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...
- Pakistan polio eradication campaign in disarray, country reports 12 new cases this yearPakistan 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...
- Global eradication of COVID-19 more feasible than for polio: AnalysisHowever, they said, the main challenges lie in securing sufficiently high vaccine coverage and respond quickly enough to immune-escape vari...
- Pakistan could be next polio-free nation, says WHOAttempts to eradicate the disease in Pakistan have been seriously hampered by the targeting of vaccination teams in recent years by militan...
- 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.
- 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.
- President Pranab Mukherjee launches Pulse Polio Immunization ProgrammeLauding the efforts of volunteers and supervisors, Health Minister J P Nadda said that there has been no case of wild polio since January 1...
- Build on Polio success to fight other diseasesMany diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are now more common than vaccine-preventable diseases.
- '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.
- Proud of India being declared polio-free: Amitabh BachchanGlobal superstar and UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador for Polio eradication for almost a decade, Amitabh is delighted with the news.
- 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.
- Bill Gates lauds India's accomplishment in polio campaignMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates has described India's accomplishment in eradicating polio as the "most impressive global health success" he h...
- India gearing up to be declared polio free by 2014Earlier this year, WHO had removed India from the list of polio-endemic countries. If no fresh case is reported till 2014, the country will...
- World Bank approves $135 mn for PakThe World Bank on Friday approved two projects totaling USD 135 million to help Pakistan strengthen its social safety nets and eradicate po...
- 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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