The Chandigarh health department is also approaching the UT police so that one constable accompanies every team during the vaccination drive.

Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHDA) said that the state has not recorded any new polio case in six years.

Scientists warn a campaign to eradicate polio in central Africa is falling short because of upheaval in the Lake Chad Basin area, where the Boko Haram militant group remains active.

Africa is on the verge of eradicating polio if the current momentum is sustained through improved surveillance, vaccination and public awareness, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

As co-chair of the foundation she started with her husband Bill, Melinda Gates is the world's leading woman philanthropist.

Plants have been "hijacked" to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to transform vaccine manufacture, say scientists.

The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had not recorded any case of polio disease in Somalia in the last three years, declaring the country polio free.

Kano — Kano State government has concluded the July round of poliomyelitis vaccination of over three million children below five years.

Abakaliki — The Ebonyi State government at the weekend said that under the first round of 2017 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week, (MNCHW), 124, 900 children would be immunized against the pol

GURUGRAM: A three-day long intensified pulse polio immunisation drive was launched in the district on Sunday, under which 3,34,065 children are expected to be vaccinated.