Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 20:56
An anti-polio vaccination campaign was today launched in the capital of Pakistan`s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, described by the WHO as the "world`s largest reservoir" of the virus, amidst tight security arrangements.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 16:18
Authorities launched a polio drive in Pakistan`s Peshawar city and adjoining areas Sunday morning amid heavy security, a media report said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 13:58
In yet another attack on a team of polio workers, unidentified gunmen on Tuesday shot down three persons, including two women, carrying out vaccination programme in here.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 18:09
With over 90 per cent of Pakistan`s polio cases genetically linked to Peshawar, the World Health Organisation today described the northwestern city as the world`s "largest reservoir" of endemic poliovirus.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 14:32
A newspaper said lessons should be learnt from India if Pakistan wants to eradicate polio.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 18:17
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels proud that India has been declared a polio free nation.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 14:26
The Pulse Polio immunisation campaign will be held in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh for four days from January 19.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 14:39
Amitabh Bachchan, a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for polio eradication, is proud that the country has rid itself of the virus.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 23:38
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said if by January 13 there are no cases of polio in the country, India will be declared a polio free country by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:10
Around 200 security personnel have been trained to immunise children against polio in northwestern Pakistan after civilian workers refused to join an upcoming campaign against the crippling disease.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 14:24
A polio eradication campaigner was killed when unidentified gunmen sprayed bullets at a hospital in Pakistan`s northwest Peshawar city Saturday morning, local media reported.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:36
With so many year-end lists ranking things that hit the headlines in 2013, philanthropist Bill Gates has a completely different list of good news in this year.
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