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%, …
LAHORE - The government efforts to make Lahore polio free through rigorous immunization campaigns received serious blow as two more environmental samples have tested positive, which only confirms the deadly virus is very much there to cripple the coming generation. Institute of Public Health on Thursday conveyed to the Punjab …
Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said on Friday. British and Indian researchers said the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is given by injection, could provide …
A Unicef report disclosed that inaccessibility to some 290,000 (0.29 million) children to immunise them against poliovirus has turned to be a major challenge due to insecurity in Gadap Town of Karachi, North and South Waziristan, FR Bannu and Khyber Agency in Fata, being major reservoirs of the virus all …
A three-day anti-polio campaign in high-risk areas of the district will start today (Monday) to cover more than 200,000 children. Under the drive, the polio teams will visit 27 union councils of Rawalpindi city, cantonment and Tehsil Taxila which have been declared high-risk areas, Executive District Officer (EDO- Health), Dr …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the decision of the government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) will now be provided to all Indian children free of cost. The idea is to expedite India’s progress on …
India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, which kills thousands of children a year. The disease causes dehydration and severe diarrhoea. It spreads via contaminated hands and surfaces, …
Rotary International has spent so far more than one billion dollar all over the world to eradicate polio. Safina Rahman, first women governor of Rotary International, Bangladesh, made the disclosure at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city on Monday. She also announced yearly programmes of …
LAHORE: The Extended Programme for Immunization (EPI) of Health Department of Punjab has declared 292 union councils of different districts at high risk for polio cases in Punjab. Talking to APP here on Sunday, Additional Director of the EPI Dr Nazir Hussain said that recently an anti-polio drive had been …
Two new polio cases have been reported in Khushab and Faisalabad districts taking death toll due to disease to 76 across the country this year. According to media reports, polio virus was diagnosed positive in Joharabad, Khushab and Ameenpur Bangla of Faisalabad district. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his annoyance …
ISLAMABAD: Australia and Norway have announced increasing funding for eradication of polio in Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. The Australian government said it would commit $100 million over the next five years for the eradication of the crippling disease. Additionally, $20m would be provided in 2014-15 to Global Polio Eradication Initiative …
HYDERABAD: Analysis report of sewage samples confirms the presence of poliovirus in Hyderabad which has most probably transferred to the city from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan or Gadap, Karachi, says District Health Officer Dr Ghulam Mustafa Abbasi. The health official said at a press conference at his office on Monday the …
Two polio cases surfaced in the country on Thursday with one in Karachi and another in Tehsil Mir Ali, sources in the health department said. The latest case in Karachi was reported in UC-9 Islamia Colony, Kunwari Colony, Site Town. According to the health officials, the polio virus was detected …
Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Kh Salman Rafiq on Tuesday said that no polio case has been reported from Punjab during the current year while Health Department is making efforts to keep the province polio free. Talking to the media after administering anti-polio drops to children in Rajgarh …
Sindh government has started anti-polio and measles drive in 29 districts of Sindh from Monday under the Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) to make the children, between 6 months to 10 years of age, immunised against the fatal disease. The 12-day long special immunisation campaign is being launched in collaboration …
Three new polio cases confirmed from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Monday have taken the total polio case count this year to 66. The virology laboratory at National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the presence of P1 strain of the wild poliovirus in three children of the …
The government on Thursday announced that residents of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) would not be able to travel to other parts of the country without getting vaccinated against polio. The move came days after Pakistan said it would set up mandatory immunisation points at airports to help stop …
District Coordination Officer Dr Farah Masood has claimed that the Toba district has been made polio-free because of the concerted efforts of the department concerned and the anti-polio staff. Speaking at a seminar on the ‘Provision of best social services and the role of the district government’ held under the …
The fifth polio case surfaced in Karachi on Monday when additional special health secretary Sindh Dr Suresh Kumar told Daily Times latest polio victim is identified as Hafsa (18 months) daughter of Hayat Rasool from Union Council 8 Gaddap Town.At Jinnah Terminal Karachi Airport there are four counters, which are …
Polio vaccination certificates will now be mandatory for all people travelling abroad from June 1, the government announced on Tuesday as traces of the poliovirus were found in samples taken from the sewers of Karachi and Lahore — the two largest cities in the country. In a meeting held in …
The Sindh health department is going to launch a comprehensive measles-specific vaccination campaign in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) at a cost of over Rs400 million from May 19 across Sindh to vaccinate and immunise children especially in rural areas. Health directorate officials told Dawn here …
