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 Uttar Pradesh has not reported a single case of polio in the past 15 months, Malegaon in Maharashtra has emerged as the new area of concern in the fight against the crippling disease. Incidentally, like in UP some years back, the spurt in Maharashtra also seems to be linked …
Central Audit Team Finds Same Amount Released, Same Utilisation In Many Dists Lucknow: If there are no polio cases in the state since April 2010, call it a divine intervention. The NRHM central audit team that visited UP in May, found glaring anomalies in the pulse polio drive in the …
India has made remarkable progress in the fight against polio and is on track to eradicate it by the end of 2011, a group of international health experts has said.
Tales of fake vaccination drives are the least of Pakistan's public-health problems. A disjointed care system and lack of services are doing more damage. (Editorial) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7356/full/475265a.html
Some European countries are seriously considering placing travel restrictions on Pakistani citizens if their country failed to achieve the target of polio eradication by 2012, a deadline given by the World Health Organization, Dawn has learnt. Similarly, the World Bank has asked the Pakistan government to eradicate this virus by …
The civic body on Sunday opened a polio control room in Metiabruz to counter the resistance of a section of local residents to the Pulse Polio drive. The
BANNU, June 23: The first case of polio has been reported in Bannu district, making it further difficult for government to achieve its target of eradicating the crippling disease from the country by the end of 2011. Confirming the polio case, District Health Officer Dr Naik Nawaz Khan told a …
The pulse polio drive, held by the civic body on Sunday, saw a slide in turnout with only 57.58% of the city's children under five years taking the oral vaccine. The target this time was 9,44,661 children. However, only 5,43,936 children were brought for vaccination against polio, making the coverage …
Uttar Pradesh, one of the polio-endemic states, has been able to check the transmission of the wild polio virus for almost a year now, while Bihar, another endemic state, has not reported any case for seven months now. Till last year, the success was limited to controlling the spread of …
Calcutta, March 27: Bengal confronts today what India almost banished yesterday. The state has become the focal point of international polio-control efforts after it reported the country
Kolkata, 1 March: India has moved closer to eradication of polio, recording only 42 cases in 2010 compared to 741 in the previous year. Till February this year, only a single case has been reported from Howrah, according to the India National Polioplus Committee of Rotary International. A special polio …
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Alarmed at the detection of a fresh polio case in the state in the midst of intensified campaign against the diseases the state government has been compelled to conduct a polio immunisation drive in selected five districts, including Kolkata. Officials said the polio immunisation drive has been …
This year, the first type 1 polio case has been reported in an 18-month-old girl in Howrah district of West Bengal. According to Union Health Ministry officials, the girl had not received any dose of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) before the onset of paralysis on January 13. Dr Hamid …
Satisfied with the ongoing polio campaign in India, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, is hopeful that India could eliminate the deadly virus in the next two years. So far, only four countries
ISLAMABAD (January 25, 2011) : President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday formally launched 'National Emergency Action Plan 2011 for Polio Eradication' at the President's House by administering polio drops to orphan children from all the provinces, vowing to eradicate polio from the country. Briefing the media, spokesperson to President, Farhatullah …
The pulse polio programme will be conducted in Villupuram district on January 23 and February 27. A total of 3,31,200 children below the age of five would be covered, according to Collector R. Palanisamy. In a statement released here, he said that vaccines would be administered to children in 2,380 …
New Delhi: India has seen a 94% decline in polio cases, giving the country a real chance to finally eradicate the crippling disease. Compared to 741 cases of polio in 2009, India recorded just 42 cases in 2010. The number of affected districts too saw a sharp fall from 90 …
