Thousands of children below the age of five years were today administered life-saving anti-polio drops at 8,200 polio booths across the Capital. Reiterating the goal of eradicating polio from Delhi, health minister Kiran Walia urged everyone to work towards keeping polio virus out of the state and the neighbouring areas.

Lucknow: The presence of type-1 and type-3 of polio virus in an eight-year-old girl has stunned health experts in Uttar Pradesh. Since such co-infection is rare, they are now trying to find out which virus dominated, leading to early onset of paralysis in the girl.

The recent health indicators for child and mental health mortality in Pakistan reveal that the country falls far below international standards, which require instant and careful consideration for effective long term planning, says a report by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC).

TEENA THACKER & SAMUDRA GUPTA KASHYAP

Patna: Type two Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) has been detected in a two-year-old boy in Bihar

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June 7: Detection of a suspected case of polio in a vil

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BALANGIR: The sustained efforts of the Government to eradicate polio from the State seem to have fallen flat with one suspected polio case reported from Biramunda village under Gudvela block in Balangir district.

Teena Thacker Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 2347 hrs IST

Secretary, Medical & Health, Lalit Verma inaugurated the Pulse Polio campaign by administering the vaccine to children at Silver Jubilee Hospital on Sunday. Nearly 2.60 lakh children were administered the vaccine in Lucknow.