The progress towards eradication of poliovirus globally is one of the greatest success stories of the global health community. When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative started in 1988, polio paralysed more than 1000 children worldwide every day. Since then the global incidence of wild poliovirus cases has decreased by 99.9%, …
The National Institute of Health Islamabad on Sunday tested four children, belonging to North Waziristan Agency, positive for polio, officials said. Pakistan had recorded 91 polio cases in the year 2013 including 65 cases from Federally Administered Tribal Areas, 10 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nine from Sindh and seven from Punjab …
India on Monday completed three consecutive years without a single wild polio case being reported from any part of the country, thereby achieving the three-year milestone necessary to achieve polio-free certification from World Health Organisation. The last polio case was reported on January 13, 2011 from Howrah in West Bengal. …
India on Monday marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world’s cases. “Proud day for all of us as Indians,” Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter. “India is …
In its first global analysis for 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that Pakistan is the only polio-endemic country which reported more polio cases last year than in 2012. The analysis cited ‘non-uniform routine immunisation coverage’ with several areas having abysmally low routine immunisation coverage as major challenges which …
Eight-seven cases of polio were reported in different parts of the country in 2013 while 30 million children up to five years of age were administered anti-polio drops during 22 drives. Talking to APP, Additional Director of EPI Dr Nazir Hussain on Monday said that 87 polio vases were reported …
India on Monday marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world’s cases. “Proud day for all of us as Indians,” Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter. “India is …
According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas. Against this background, social scientists advocate the need to ensure proper disposal of stool for children, especially in rural areas, to prevent diseases like diarrhea, …
Thursday, January 09, 2014 - Peshawar—Chief Secretary KP Muhammad Shehzad Arbab has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases registered in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and directed the concerned quarters to comply with the orders issued for the eradication of polio and ensured quick implementation. He was chairing a …
Children below five years of age in Alwar and Bharatpur have a reason to cheer. They will get five doses of polio drops in five rounds this current year while earlier the health department administered them six doses in six rounds in a year. Since, Alwar and Bharatpur are two …
Canada has announced a contribution of $20 million to be paid over the next three years for eradication of polio in Pakistan. The contribution will support the Unicef ‘Polio Plus Initiative’ by increasing coverage, access and effectiveness of polio vaccine. Canadian Minister of State for Multiculturalism Tim Uppal, concluding his …
Chief Secretary KP Muhammad Shehzad Arbab has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases registered in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and directed the concerned quarters to comply with the orders issued for the eradication of polio and ensured quick implementation. He was chairing a meeting of the Peshawar Task …
This year's first polio case was detected in a one-year-old girl here on Wednesday, said health officials. Fatima, one, is a resident Udab area of Karachi. The girl has never been vaccinated against polio. After this case, toll of polio-affected babies has climbed to 86 in the country. Besides Pakistan, …
The polio eradication programme in India has so far been well on track as a result of which India achieved a significant feat in 2012 after the WHO struck off India from the list of polio endemic countries, an indication that India has stopped indigenous polio transmission. The number of …
Bangladesh will immunise around 22 million children aged 0-59 months on December 21 (Saturday) for bolstering its polio-free status by providing two drops of polio vaccines during the 21st National Immunisation Day (NID), reports UNB. Health workers and volunteers will administer oral polio vaccines to 22 million children at 140,000 …
Bangladesh is set to observe the 21st National Immunization Day (NID) programmes across the country on Saturday, with health workers and volunteers from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) aiming to provide polio vaccines to 22 million children aged up to 59 months. Dr Tajul Islam Bari, programme manager …
Nepal will be declared 'polio free' – a milestone for a country, which has not yet graduated from the group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), said officials on Tuesday. Organizing a program in Kathmandu today, the officials said Nepal will achieve the fete along with 10 other Asian countries. …
After Syria, Egypt and Palestine, there is a high likelihood that a poliovirus has also transmitted from Pakistan to a neighbouring province of Afghanistan. A senior official associated with the polio virology at the National Institute of Health (NIH) told Dawn on the condition of anonymity that two cases of …
Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where the highly infectious crippling disease remains endemic. But opposition from militant groups has hampered efforts to immunise children, with vaccination teams murdered in some cases. Officials said the violence and suspicions about the vaccine were the reason for the …
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - Islamabad—Anti-polio campaign kicked off in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday. A total 495,000 children will be administered anti-polio drops in the four-day campaign. In rural areas, 120,495 kids would be vaccinated against the crippling disease and 379 teams of health department officials, …
102 vaccination posts have been set up along international borders in the wake of outbreak in Syria All States with international borders have been put on alert to reduce the risk of importation of poliovirus from neighbouring countries in the wake of a polio outbreak in Syria. As many as …
