Militants warn Imran Khan against supporting polio campaign

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 03:37

A Pakistani militant outfit on Wednesday said it will "turn their guns on" Imran Khan for pledging his support to a polio campaign.

Two cops, polio vaccinator killed in northwest Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 19:22

Two policemen and a member of a polio vaccination team were shot dead by suspected militants in two separate incidents in northwest Pakistan on Friday.

Visitors from Pakistan have to be vaccinated for polio: India

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 19:26

India on Wednesday announced it would be mandatory for all persons adults or children travelling to the country from Pakistan to furnish proof of vaccination against polio from January 30 next year.

Pakistan records 72 polio cases in 2013: WHO

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 23:05

Pakistan recorded 72 polio cases this year, compared to 58 for all of 2012, with the bulk of new infections registered in the lawless tribal areas, a WHO official said today.

Advani lauds Vardhan for pulse polio campaign

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 16:22

Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Friday heaped praise on his party`s Delhi Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan- around whom the main opposition has built its poll campaign- for running a successful pulse polio campaign in 1994 when he was Health Minister of the state.

Pakistan launches anti-polio drive in lawless tribal belt

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 17:58

A three-day anti-polio drive has been launched in the lawless tribal belt of northwest Pakistan to vaccinate over 220,000 children though women health workers are not part of the campaign for security reasons.

Polio cases in Pakistan pass 2012 total

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:48

The number of polio cases in Pakistan has reached 62 this year, four more than the total for last year, and a minister today said authorities will have to do more to combat the disease to save the country from global embarrassment.

Congress moves EC against Dr Harsh Vardhan`s polio ad

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 15:09

Spelling fresh trouble for BJP`s chief ministerial candidate in Delhi Dr Harsh Vardhan, Congress on Monday approached the Election Commission complaining that he had made distorted claims on polio eradication.

Jirga threatens to boycott anti-polio campaign in KPK province

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 13:48

Anti-polio campaigns in parts of northwest Pakistan`s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are likely to be affected after a jirga decided to boycott the health drive protesting the 18-hour electricity loadshedding in the area.

WHO confirms polio outbreak in Syria

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 08:34

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday that 10 cases of infection with wild poliovirus type 1 had been confirmed in Syria.

Polio outbreak in northeast Syria risks spreading, WHO says

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 16:36

A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria and risks spreading in the region, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Pakistan to include polio drive on agenda of talks with Taliban

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 12:53

The Pakistan government has decided to include polio vaccination on the agenda of dialogue with the Taliban as 90 per cent of the cases this year have been reported from FATA where the militants have banned vaccinations.