Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 16:18
A three-day special anti-polio campaign was on Wednesday launched in Khyber-Pakthunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan amidst a Taliban ban on vaccinations that threatens to derail global efforts to root out the disease.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 18:48
A polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s Punjab province had to run for their lives after some people accused them of being CIA spies and set dogs on them, according to a media report on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 11:45
The incident occurred in Suleman Khel area, a suburban rural locality here in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 09:10
In a case of serious laxity, 114 children were hospitalised near Kolkata, after they were mistakenly given Hepatitis B vaccines instead of Pulse Polio drops.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 17:57
WHO today lauded India`s efforts in eradicating polio and said the country has not reported a single case of polio in the last 30 months.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 10:30
Health officials in Pakistan warned of a serious polio outbreak after the disease was detected in 16 children in a tribal district where militant groups have banned vaccination.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 13:10
A woman polio worker was on Wednesday shot dead by suspected militants in northwest Pakistan during an anti-immunisation drive, the latest in a series of attacks targeting the government`s vaccination campaign.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 19:19
The sub-national immunisation round of `Pulse Polio 2013-14` was launched in 13 districts of Haryana and about 14.30 lakh children below the age of five years were administered polio drops on the first day of the 3-day campaign.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 15:23
Suspected militants shot and killed two polio vaccinators at Swabi in northwest Pakistan today, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the government`s vaccination campaign.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 15:04
Pakistan is taking oral vaccination tips from India, which has been polio-free for over two years, and wants to replicate its success story, the head of the neighbouring country`s polio programme says.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 18:24
Suspected militants shot and killed a woman polio vaccinator and injured another in an attack in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, prompting the World Health Organisation to suspend its vaccination campaign.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 14:52
Suspected militants targeted a team of polio vaccinators in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing a female worker and seriously injuring another in the latest in a string of attacks on vaccination teams.
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