Afghanistan’s final 2024 polio vaccination campaign aims to protect 5 million children, battling the disease in 11 provinces.

Ever since Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin invented two vaccines to stop the spread of polio virus, governments across the world ...

Pakistan has reported a significant surge in poliovirus infections in 2024, confirming 63 cases so far, compared to only six ...

Pakistani authorities have postponed a polio vaccination campaign in the country’s restive southern Balochistan province ...

KARACHI: A polio vaccination team was attacked in the Korangi district of the port city, police said on Friday, highlighting ...

The campaign provided anti-polio drops to children in 16 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, said Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the ministry. In his message, Amarkhail urged tribal ...

The last push of the year is taking place to try to eradicate polio in Pakistan, one of only two countries left where the ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday began its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children ...

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The latest anti-polio drive campaign began a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with medical staff and vowed that Pakistan would win the war against polio. Afghanistan reported at least ...

Officials say Pakistan has begun its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the disease ...