Officials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s ...

The World Health Organization has labeled a forced repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan as a “major setback” for polio eradication efforts, contributing to the regional resurgence of ...

The alarming surge in cases prompted Pakistan to conduct a countrywide anti-polio vaccination drive from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, aiming to inoculate over 45 million children against the infection.

Meanwhile, an estimated 500,000 children in Pakistan missed out on the recent nationwide polio vaccination campaign. Mostly people refused vaccines or being unavailable due to travelling when the ...

ISLAMABAD: A top health official has expressed concern that around 500,000 children likely missed their polio vaccinations during Pakistan’s October 2024 countrywide inoculation drive.

This is the third polio case from Dera Ismail Khan and 48th case from Pakistan at large this year. Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the child is under process. “So far ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed government's firm commitment to completely eradicate polio virus from Pakistan and to ensure it never returns. Addressing an event in connection with World ...

Pakistan's fight to eradicate polio is marked with hopeful highs and disappointing lows. As the global community marks World Polio Day on October 24, the nuclear-armed nation faces a staggering 40 ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says our government is steadfast in its efforts to make Pakistan polio-free, ensuring a future where no child is affected by this preventable disease. In his ...

Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign on Monday (October 28, 2024) to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the debilitating virus remains endemic, the disease mostly affecting children under five and sometimes causing lifelong paralysis. Cases in ...