ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health’s Polio Virology Laboratory confirmed another five polio cases on Tuesday night, taking the number of cases reported this year to 171.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Nepal has become the first ever country, among the 11 South East Asian countries, to use the latest antidote to Polio, Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV).

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PESHAWAR: Health authorities are gearing up to start vaccination campaigns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) following emergence of two new polio cases in the Khyber Agency and one

PESHAWAR: The poor vaccination campaigns and refusal by parents against immunisation were hampering Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio as two new cases were notified by National Institute of Hea

LAHORE: The government of Punjab is spending around Rs 4,000 on every child for vaccination against polio, measles and other diseases.

Using both types of polio vaccine could speed up efforts to free the world of the disease, research suggests.

Have you ever wondered why infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) are going down so slowly in India?

KARACHI: A total of 10 ‘high-risk’ districts in Sindh, including Karachi, have been identified vis-à-vis the consistent presence of wild poliovirus, it emerged on Sunday.