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%, …
While the World Health Organisation has recently put travel restrictions on the country for its high contribution to polio cases being detected across the world, the health authorities of Sindh on Monday recorded this year’s fifth polio case in Karachi in an 18-month-old girl residing in one of the areas …
A Three-day anti polio drive was launched in Balochistan on Monday. Extended Programme of Immunization Balochistan sources told APP here that over 6,000 teams comprising volunteers were taking part in the campaign who would visit door to door across the province to administer anti-polio drops to children of five years …
Two new polio cases have been detected in the country. An 18-month-old girl of a family which had shifted to Karachi from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in recent months is the latest victim of polio virus, sources in the Sindh health department and Prime Minister’s Polio Cell confirmed to …
Complacency in fight against the disease can cost India dear as Pakistan remains a hotbed for the infection, officials warn In a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced its concern over the international spread of wild polio virus. Indian travellers to high-risk …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is quite satisfied with the initial steps taken by the government of Pakistan to stop the spread of the wild poliovirus outside its borders, its polio chief Dr Elias Durry told Dawn on Thursday. Dr Durry — who is currently in the United Kingdom — …
Pakistan’s failure to stem the spread of polio triggered global emergency health measures on Monday, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending all residents must show proof of vaccination before they can leave the country. The emergency measures also apply to Syria and Cameroon, which along with Pakistan are seen …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency after new cases emerged in various countries. Calling the outbreaks in Asia, Africa and West Asia an “extraordinary event” requiring a co-ordinated “international response”, the international health agency has recommended citizens of affected …
Washington: The World Health Organization on Monday issued an international alert over the resurgence of polio — a disease over which India has just won a hardfought battle. The WHO alert was accompanied by travel restrictions on Pakistan, including the requirement for Pakistanis to show evidence of polio vaccination before …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of polio is an international public health emergency. Outbreaks in Asia, Africa and Middle East are an "extraordinary event" needing a co-ordinated "international response", the agency says. It recommends citizens of affected countries travelling abroad carry a vaccination certificate. It says …
Bangladesh has received the certificate of the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Polio-free country. Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai, India, Samina Naz received the certificate from the Governor of Maharashtra, K Sankaranarayanan, at a programme held at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai Saturday, according to a media note …
The Punjab Health Department declared on Wednesday 73 union councils in the provincial capital high-risk areas for wild poliovirus after a report issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed virus in Lahore. The sewer samples were collected from a drain on Outfall Road and sent to the …
Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema has said that no polio case has been reported in Punjab Province in 2014, which reflects good performance and hard work of government departments. Presiding over a meeting to review the action plan for polio eradication on Tuesday, he directed all of the district coordination …
Four new polio cases from North Waziristan and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emerged on Tuesday, bringing total number of countrywide affected children to 58, this year. The Federally Administered Tribal Areas has so far recorded 45 polio cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nine and Sindh four in 2014. Fata and KP together …
The Health Department on Thursday declared eight districts, including Lahore, of Punjab highly sensitive for polio. It also directed the executive district officers (health) of the identified districts to take special preventive measures for the eradication of the crippling disease. The seven other districts, besides Lahore, are: Rawalpindi, Khanewal, Sahiwal, …
After using oral polio vaccine for decades, India is all set to introduce Injectable Polio vaccine (IPV) from next year. While India has been certified polio free by the World Health Organisation last week, the certification of the region comes as countries prepare for the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine …
The Pakistan government has imposed a ban on manufacturing of import, sale and use of non-degradable plastic bags and other products in federal capital. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan. ENVIRONMENT Pakistan and the European Union have agreed to deepen …
India and the 11-country South-East Asia region today received formal certificates issued by WHO to mark a health milestone – being polio-free. India, the largest country in region, was the most recent member to achieve the status of being polio-free for at least three years. Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi …
For India, which has successfully kept naturally-occurring ‘wild’ polioviruses at bay for three whole years, a new challenge looms. India is among 140 countries that rely on the oral polio vaccine (OPV). These countries have now been asked to introduce an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into their routine childhood …
The World Health Organization has declared its South East Asia region polio-free. The certification is being hailed a "historic milestone" in the global fight to eradicate the deadly virus. It comes after India officially recorded three years without a new case of polio. The announcement means 80% of the world …
Nepal will be declared polio-free by the World Health Organization on Thursday for maintaining polio-free status for the last three years. Three years ago, on August 30, a 22-month baby girl from Rautahat was the last case to be diagnosed with polio. Following the worldwide campaign to eradicate polio that …
