Two separate outbreaks of polio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have set back global efforts to eradicate the debilitating disease.

Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered two separate outbreaks of polio, a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that the world is trying to eradicate, the World Health Organization said on

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India, then home to around 60 per cent of global cases of polio, was the focus of the polio eradication programme.

Even though billions of doses of vaccines for children across 100 countries around the world were supplied in 2016, millions of children " especially those in conflict zones " still miss out on lif

The move will give states the flexibility and freedom to choose their own path and progress at their own trajectory, WHO Representative said.

WHO has asked the government to search all known vaccine cold chain storage points and conduct a physical check of state health facilities.

JAIPUR: Acute shortage of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) has come as a major setback for the state in its fight against polio.

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said on Sunday that the country has witnessed a 62 per cent drop in polio cases during the current year.