Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two polio-endemic nations, reporting 49 and 23 cases respectively, so far this year, up from only six cases each in 2023. The latest case in Pakistan ...
The report noted that a total of 71 polio cases have been documented, with 23 occurring in Afghanistan and 48 in Pakistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only two countries in the world where ...
An estimated 500,000 Pakistani children missed polio vaccinations during this month's nationwide inoculation drive, confirmed ...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemns attack near a girls’ school in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...
Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...
Following a rise in polio cases in Pakistan, the country’s media has reported two new cases of polio, or child paralysis, ...
Increasing figures of polio are disappointing to a campaigner looking to wipe out the disease, but she is hopeful that ...
The Rotary Club of Wexford has raised almost €1,500 for the End Polio Now campaign at a special event in the Crown Quarter ...
KARACHI: The country's polio virus tally for the year has risen to 46 as another child was crippled by the contagious disease ...
Oct. 24 marked the beginning of Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign. Oct. 24 is the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the first polio vaccine. In ...
Seventy-six districts were affected in all, the program said. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio ...