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%, …
: In a bid to reach maximum number of children with the vital oral polio vaccine, the health authorities in association with a cellular service provider, launched an SMS broadcast to reach out to millions of parents in selected high-risk zones across country, said Health Minister Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani. …
NEW DELHI A 14-month-old has become the second victim to be detected with polio in the city this year. However, the reason of the infection is yet to be known. The child
The present government and the ones before it have neglected the health sector, as the National Family Health Surveys show. WHAT is the state of the nation
Polio has crippled Ila and has stunted her dreams of becoming a teacher. But she found a new meaning to her life when she came to the sixth polio surgery camp today organised by a charitable body, Sri Krishna Seva Dham Trust, at Marwari Bhavan in Harmu Road. Governor Syed …
MUMBAI: The Pulse Polio drive on Sunday covered 68% of the 13.25 lakh children below the age of five years, said civic officials. "There has been a drop of 1% to 2 % since the last drive, perhaps because of the heat,'' said Dr M Gomare, who is in charge …
A polio scare was triggered in Dumka after 181 children with deformed limbs arrived in the district from Soraiyahat block last night. The children, in the age group of 1 to 12 years, were on their way to Ranchi for check-up at a free medical camp. The camp, organised by …
The Pakistan government and the World Bank (WB) signed two agreements for polio eradication on Saturday. The WB initially provided the total amount under both the agreements amounting to $67.84 million to the Health Ministry as a credit in 2007. However, under a buy-down arrangement the WB converted the credit …
Amritha Alladi CHENNAI: In the latest push towards the eradication of polio in the face of a new round of incidence in parts of the world including in certain States of India, community leaders have been urged to convince their followers of the safety and importance of polio vaccination. Statistics …
LUCKNOW: Several thick government files with yellowed pages are piled up high inside the tuberculosis cell of the state health department giving it the `normal'look of any government office. But the environment hasn't dampened the thinking process of the people working in this cell. The proof of this is the …
EDITORIAL (March 22 2009): Unicef programme specialist Dr Muhammad Rafiq has said at the inaugural ceremony of the March 2009 anti-polio vaccination round at Peshawar that Pakistan remains at the top of the list of polio endemic countries, in remarks that should be taken very seriously by the government. He …
Dr Muhammad Rafiq Program Specialist, Unicef has said that Pakistan was still on the top of the list of polio endemic countries and there was need of collective efforts and political commitment to halt circulation of poliovirus in the society. He was addressing inaugural ceremony of March 2009 anti-polio round …
Health officials are in a fix with the detection of two suspected polio cases at Barabanki within a span of a week. One of the cases has been confirmed as P-I strain of polio virus while the lab report of the other is still awaited. It has raised the tally …
MUMBAI: Over nine lakh children below five years of age were administered polio drops in the city on Sunday. This was 69.1% of the total target in Mumbai, a drop from the last polio drive when 72% of the city's children were covered. The best coverage was reported from Parel-Lalbaug, …
Mumbai: As many as 9,40,011 children were administered polio drops in the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday. The civic body targeted a total of 13,13,370 children in the city on the National Immunization Day (NID). Dr Mangala Gomare, in charge of city
Staff Reporter SALEM: Over 5 lakh children aged below five years in Salem and Namakkal districts were administered polio drops in the second round of the pulse polio immunisation campaign held on Sunday. Awareness programmes were organised to dispel the misconceptions about the administration of polio drops and encourage people …
RAMPURHAT, Feb. 1: The Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme (PPIP) has come to a halt in the villages of Ambha and Kushmore, in Birbhum's Rampurhat II and Muraroi II block areas respectively. The villagers have boycotted the programme in order to prompt developments ~ Ambha is demanding immediate electrification, while Kushmore …
