LAHORE (Dunya News) - Polio seems uncontrollable despite vigorous multiple vaccination campaigns to overthrow this crippling ...
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Polio seems uncontrollable despite vigorous multiple vaccination campaigns to overthrow this crippling ...
ISLAMABAD: Two new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been confirmed in Pakistan. The Regional Reference ...
Pakistani police say suspected militants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio ...
Health workers vaccinate a 2-year-old child during a polio vaccination campaign in January 2015 in a rural area of Tehsil Fateh Jang, Punjab in Pakistan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ CDC Global ...
Pakistan is one of the two countries in the world where wild polio is still endemic. Last year, there was a spike of 74 cases. DW takes a closer look at the main challenges.
This is the second polio case reported from Sindh in 2025 ... 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by ...
The Pakistan Polio Program conducts multiple mass vaccination drives in a year, bringing the vaccine to children at their doorsteps.
Pakistan has reported its third poliovirus case of 2025, highlighting ongoing challenges in eradicating the crippling disease. Despite extensive vaccination efforts, including campaigns reaching over ...
Pakistan has confirmed its second case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) for 2025, as reported by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health.The ...