Pakistan has decided to import polio markers from India, months after it suspended trade ties with New Delhi following the abrogation of Article 370
New cases of polio have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh and Balochistan region.
Amitabh Bachchan sharing his experience of getting associated with the polio campaign said that earlier it was not easy for him to convince people as they were not very receptive to the thought.
Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the remaining countries where polio is still being recorded.
The global polio eradication campaign suffered a major setback after the confirmation of the two new cases of polio in Nigeria. Two children are diagnosed with polio paralysis in the region. This is the first
Amidst concerns over resurfacing of polio cases in India, the WHO today said there is "no threat" to the polio-free status of all South East Asian region countries, including India, and the detection of a rare strain of the crippling disease is "not
New Delhi: Amidst concerns over wild polio virus (P2 strain) being found in a Hyderabad drain, the Union Health Ministry today said it was a vaccine derived virus and does not change the polio-free status
Islamabad: At least seven policemen, deployed to guard polio-eradication teams, were killed when gunmen fired at them in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, officials said. Feroze Shah, deputy Inspector General Police, said
Hajipur: A seven-month-old girl died while six other children are undergoing treatment at a government hospital after being administered anti-polio injections at Shahpur village in Bihar's Vaishali district.Civil Surgeon (CS) of Vaishali Ramashish Kumar said
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that ‘knowledge' is the focal point of all religion.Modi said this while launching a book titled "Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and Education –
New Delhi: India runs a high risk of importing polio from its key neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan which have a high polio burden, the government today said."Yes. It is a fact that India's two key
New Delhi: India today extended its assistance to SAARC nations in making the region polio-free and said that it will share its best practices to help the countries achieve the goal.Chairing the 5th meeting of
New Delhi: At least one new polio case has been detected in Pakistan's northwestern province, taking the number of cases found so far this year to 21.The Polio Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of
Islamabad: Police have registered cases against 160 people and arrested 10 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan after they refused to administer polio vaccines to their children during the ongoing anti-polio campaign, media reported Thursday.The
Patna: Bihar government has sent samples taken from two children to Lucknow for laboratory tests amid suspicion of poliomyelitis, better known as polio, a viral disease that induces crippling paralysis among children. Health department officials
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New Delhi: A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) workers who played a key role in eradicating polio from states like Wes Bengal Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, has now taken the challenge to fight against
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the pulse polio immunization programme by administering polio drops to children at Rashtrapati Bhavan.Children of less than five years will be given polio drops on the National
Islamabad: Health authorities in Pakistan have started administering polio injections for the first time in the country.Authorities have started administering polio injections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), which is for the first time
Islamabad: At least four new polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan with the total number of cases rising to 287, media reported on Thursday.The new cases were reported from Nasirabad and Qilla Abdullah in Balochistan
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