Tag: Polio

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that poverty and unemployment had increased in the country due to corruption and wrong policies of...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said Pakistan was committed to eradicating polio by the end of 2012 and would use all resources...

Clerics on Wednesday announced to cooperate with the government and health staff in eradicating polio from Lower Dir. The announcement was made during a press...

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has completed all arrangements to launch the four-day anti-polio drive in the rural areas of Islamabad, from January...

The medical experts on Tuesday declared Pakistan among the countries, like Nigeria and Afghanistan, which have shown an increase in the number of polio...

District health establishments and Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP) combined have failed to control the spread of polio virus as six new cases have...

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has sought support of Ulema and religious scholars in removing misconceptions regarding negative impacts of polio vaccine on human...

While asking for revamping the polio eradication strategy in Islamabad, the Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, said Friday that the...

Clearly reflecting the ineffective government measures to control polio, six new cases of this fatal disease have been reported across the country during the...

More than 2,800 parents on Thursday refused to get their children vaccinated in the Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The polio campaign came to...

A three-day polio vaccination drive under the National Anti-Polio Campaign would commence from December 19. This was decided at a Sindh Health Department meeting on...

The routine immunisation coverage of Sindh’s children against different vaccine-preventable diseases is currently restricted to 56 percent, provincial Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed said...

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, while expressing concern over non-realisation of results of the anti-polio drive in the province, has directed that regular...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday that Pakistan was facing a serious risk of being the last polio reservoir in the...

As the world marks World Polio Day, Pakistan draws world attention as one of only four polio endemic countries globally. With 132 new polio...

Around 2.2 million children would be administered polio vaccine drops and a dose of vitamin A in 18 town of Karachi during a three-day...

The countrywide National Immunisation Campaign against Polio will commence today (Monday) and more than 16 million children of up to 5 years of age...