polio
- Pakistan
PM Shehbaz Sharif reaffirms resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reaffirmed the resolve of his government to completely eradicate polio from the country forever, which has reported five cases this year. He said this…
- Pakistan
4 injured as mob attacks polio team in Pak’s Balochistan province
Karachi: Four people, including a woman and a policeman, were injured when a mob armed with sticks and batons attacked a polio vaccine team in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, police…
- Hyderabad
Doctors at Hyderabad hospital perform heart transplant on polio survivor
Hyderabad: Doctors at a hospital in Hyderabad have successfully performed what is claimed to be the first-ever heart transplant on a polio survivor. Doctors of Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar, performed the transplant…
- Middle East
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation set to open first regional office in Riyadh
Riyadh: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to establish its first regional headquarters within Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City, ‘Misk City’, in Riyadh. The new regional office will streamline Gates…
- Middle East
Israel detects three new polio cases among children
Tel Aviv: Israel has reported three new cases of children infected with polio, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The cases were detected during an epidemiological investigation after an eight-year-old…
- Pakistan
Polio claims infant’s life in Pakistan
Islamabad: A 10-month-old infant died after being confirmed with the wild poliovirus in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Health Ministry said. In a statement on Friday night,…
- Pakistan
Pakistan reports 19th polio case of this year
Islamabad: The number of polio cases detected in Pakistan this year has increased to 19 after a six-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) South Waziristan district was paralysed by the virus, the…
- World
Afghanistan launches polio vaccination targeting 9.9mn kids
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination drive targeting 9.9 million children. “The fourth general polio vaccination campaign in 2022 is aimed at vaccinating 9.9 million children…
- Telangana
Pulse polio drive in Telugu states to cover 88 lakh children
Hyderabad: Thousands of children aged up to five years in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were Sunday administered polio oral drops as part of the national intensified pulse polio campaign. Ministers, legislators,…