Polio has been eradicated because of Rajiv Gandhi: Chidambaram

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 10:29

Crediting former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi for eradication of polio in the country, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said thanks to the national pulse polio programme no case of the crippling disease had been reported in the last three years.

Attack on team of polio vaccinators in Pakistan kills one

Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 11:19

Taliban factions in Pakistan`s northwest have banned polio vaccination campaigns over the past two years.

Pakistan`s polio immunisation campaign to begin today

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 11:16

Over 7.6 million children in Pakistani province of Sindh will be targeted by over 21,000 polio vaccination teams.

Two members of polio vaccination team killed in Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 13:49

Two members of a polio vaccination team were killed when their motorcycle hit a bomb in the restive Kurram tribal region of Pakistan.

Pakistani polio workers get police protection

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 08:48

Immunisations were halted in some parts of Pakistan and the UN suspended its field participation everywhere until better security was arranged for its workers.

US condemns attack on Pak healthcare workers

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 16:21

Strongly condemning the attacks on anti-polio campaign workers in Pakistan, the US has said nothing justifies violence against health workers.

UN pulls staff as more polio workers killed in Pakistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 16:13

Three more health workers were killed on Wednesday in four incidents of firing on polio- eradication teams in Pakistan`s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.