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%, …
Pakistan and China signed eight documents of cooperation in various areas of economy on Friday for furthering already-strong economic and technical ties between the two friendly countries. The first pact, pertaining to an ambitious long-term project approximately costing $18 billion that would include building around 200 kilometre tunnels, was the …
Almost 100 per cent polio vaccination coverage was achieved in the recently held polio drive in union councils that have been declared sensitive in Gadap, claimed deputy commissioner of Malir district Kazi Jan Mohammad on Thursday. He was briefing commissioner Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui during his visit to the district. The …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up an expert group work out a strategy to ensure eradication of wild polio virus and minimise the risk of emergence and circulation of Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus (VDPV) in the country. The government is also working in coordination with the Global …
Continuing its battle to eradicate polio from the district, volunteers of the UNICEF Social Mobilization Network along with the health department are making efforts to cover a total of 128 families who have resisted the polio vaccines. Despite the fact that not a single case of polio has been detected …
An 11-month-old boy from Maharashtra’s Beed district has been found infected with the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), the first such case in the state and the third in the country since March 2012. Health officials said the boy’s stool sample tested positive for VDPV on June 1. “The child has been …
District Shaheed Benazirabad is Polio free district for the last several years thanks to relentless efforts on the part of district administration and health department. This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Agha Nasir Ali while addressing a meeting as Chairman Polio Eradication Committee. He said that efforts would be made …
The state government on Thursday said it has succeeded in achieving immunization coverage for 88 per cent children in Odisha in the age group of zero to five years. "The findings are based on an annual survey conducted earlier this year by our doctors through the family welfare wing," secretary …
India's success in eliminating wild polioviruses (WPVs) has been acclaimed globally. Since the last case on January 13, 2011 success has been sustained for two years. By early 2014 India could be certified free of WPV transmission, if no indigenous transmission occurs, the chances of which is considered zero. Until …
The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018 is a comprehensive, long-term strategy that addresses what is needed to deliver a polio-free world by 2018. The plan was developed by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in consultation with national health authorities, global health initiatives, scientific experts, donors and other …
Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion (3.5 billion pounds) vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide. Experts say the plan offers the best chance …
It's been three years since a polio case was last reported from Uttar Pradesh. The day was commemorated as "Sankalp Divas" by the state government with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Health Minister Ahmad Hasan and others taking pledge to continue the polio eradication campaign. The last case of polio was …
A 25-year, US$10-billion global effort has taken the number of polio cases from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds, but it is now struggling to stamp the virus out of its final strongholds in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, where transmission has never been interrupted. Of these, Nigeria was …
Entering third polio-free year, India must destroy all wild poliovirus lab samples by December Having successfully completed two polio-free years, India is preparing to receive the crucial polio eradication certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The certificate is issued on completion of incident-free three years. This primarily involves the …
Pakistan is among the high ranking countries where people are still get affected of preventable diseases like tuberculosis, polio and malaria while non-communicable diseases are raising vigorously in different cities due to apathy of the authorities concerned which is not playing its due role, said Dr Ahmed Salman Khan Ghauri, …
A new global plan aims to end most cases of polio by late next year, and essentially eradicate the paralyzing disease by 2018 if authorities can raise the $5.5 billion needed to do the work, health officials said. Part of the challenge will be increasing security for vaccine workers who …
Measles outbreak in a nomad family has claimed five lives including a teenage girl and four minor girls in Adda Bhoondi area near Rahim Yar Khan. Six more children are said to have been suffering high fever due to the contagion. The dead are identified as two and half-year-old Rashida, …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar as a Red High Risk district for the polio as the menace is getting out of control in the area. WHO Senior Coordinator for Polio Dr Elias Durry shared that Peshawar has been declared by the WHO …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Friday a financing package of $227 million with Pakistan to fund polio eradication activities in the country. Under the arrangement, Pakistan will repay the principal amount to the IDB while the Gates Foundation will provide support for the administrative costs associated with the …
Shingai Machingaidze and colleagues reflect on the successes and shortfalls of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Africa, and the considerable challenges that must now be addressed to improve immunization systems.
The Coimbatore district has achieved a total coverage of 98.36 per cent during the second phase of the pulse polio programme on Sunday. According to Deputy Director of Health Services R. Damodharan, of the targeted 3,31,450 children in the age group of 0 to 5 years, oral polio vaccine was …
