polio
- Hyderabad
Niva Bupa ordered to pay Rs 20L over rejected insurance claim
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Consumer Commission-II has directed Niva Bupa Health Insurance to pay Rs 20 lakh to a policyholder. It ruled that a visible disability like polio cannot be treated as…
- Telangana
Woman with polio dies after falling into sump in Telangana
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old woman affected by polio drowned at her house in Markook mandal, Siddipet, after accidentally falling into a sump on Thursday, July 16, the police said. The woman, identified as…
- Telangana
Telangana achieves 101.4 pc coverage in Pulse Polio drive
Hyderabad: Telangana has recorded more than 100 per cent coverage in the latest round of the Pulse Polio immunisation programme, with health authorities administering polio drops to over 41.5 lakh children across…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru achieves 96.4 per cent Pulse Polio coverage on Day 1
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) recorded an impressive start to the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, with more than 11 lakh children under the age of five receiving polio drops on…
- Telangana
Telangana administers polio drops to 95 pc children statewide
Hyderabad: On the first day of the pulse polio drive, Telangana achieved 95.1 pc coverage, administering the vaccine to 3,895,550 children across the state, Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said on Sunday,…
- Telangana
Telangana to administer Pulse Polio drops from June 28
Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Friday, June 26, urged parents to ensure that all children below the age of five receive Pulse Polio drops during the upcoming statewide immunisation drive.…
- Health
From 60 pc of global cases to zero: 15 years since India eliminated polio
January 13 marked a historic milestone in India’s public health journey, as the country completed 15 years since its last reported case of wild poliovirus. India’s transition from a polio hotspot to…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh pulse polio drive : Over 54L children vaccinated
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday conducted the Pulse Polio programme across the state, administering the life-saving drops to more than 54 lakh children below five years of age. The initiative,…
- Pakistan
Pakistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Peshawar: Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, targeting 45.5 million children under five years of age. The week-long drive will involve more than 400,000 frontline polio workers, the National…
- Hyderabad
Special Pulse Polio drive in Hyderabad, 5 other Telangana districts on Oct 12
Hyderabad: The Telangana Medical and Health Department will conduct a special Pulse Polio immunisation drive on October 12 across six key districts: Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal, Sangareddy, Hanamkonda, and Warangal. According to officials,…
- Pakistan
Pakistan reported 71 polio cases in 2024
Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 71 cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2024, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said. The 71st case was confirmed on Tuesday and involved a boy…
- Middle East
Polio vaccination campaign to resume in Gaza: UN
United Nations: A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip is set to resume on Saturday after being postponed over escalating violence. According to a joint statement from…
- Pakistan
Polio vaccinators attacked, held hostage in 2 separate incidents in Pakistan
Peshawar: Three terrorists were killed in a gunbattle when they attacked a polio vaccinators’ team in Pakistan’s restive northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, October 29. In another incident, unknown militants took…
- Pakistan
Pakistan starts new polio vaccination drive as virus detected in 16 district samples
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday started its third nationwide polio campaign to vaccinate 45 million children against the crippling disease as the virus was detected in the environmental samples from 16 districts. Prime…
- Middle East
Gaza faces risk of polio spreading if vaccination continues to delay: UN
United Nations: An immediate ceasefire is needed in the Gaza Strip as the enclave faces the additional threat of polio spreading, if the final phase of a vaccination campaign there continues to…
