A proposed injectable polio vaccine may cut down the risk of contracting the paralysing disease

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) is caught in middle of a raging debate over the use of monkeys in the manufacture of oral polio vaccine (OPV). While the Maharashtra government has

The Indian subcontinent is probably the only region still at high risk from the polio virus

ALBERT Bruce Sabin, developer of oral polio vaccine, has died of heart failure in Washington. He was 86. A prominent figure since the 1930s in research on virus and viral disease, Sabin

The World Bank (WB) has approved two projects totaling $135 million to help the Government of Pakistan strengthen social safety nets and eradicate polio.

Pakistan reports more polio cases: Pakistan reported four polio cases just two days after the much-publicized anti-polio campaign concluded on October 16. Three polio victims are from Punjab and one from the North West Frontier Province. These cases take the number of children incapacitated by the disease this year to 81. Five cases of polio surfaced in the capital city Islamabad, seven in the

nuclear energy Private players? Private players may soon be allowed entry into nuclear energy production. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said as much minutes before he went in to deliberate on the draft Integrated Energy Policy with the plan panel. The law will, however, have to be amended to allow the private sector to set up nuclear plants, he added.

The fresh detection of a polio case in a 16-month old boy in Shikarpur district has upset the immunisation campaigners and others associated with the programme, said sources privy to the expanded imm

The town municipal administration of Korangi is all set to launch a two-day anti-polio campaign from March 4. The town nazim, advocate Mohammad Arif Khan, has directed all the UC nazims and the relevant officials of the health department to raise awareness among the masses about polio so that all children under the age of five could be administered anti-polio vaccines on a regular basis. He was presiding over a meeting of town officials on Friday to review the arrangements for the drive being launched from March 4 to 6. The town nazim praised the efforts of all the town officials during the previous anti-polio campaign and urged them to show the same spirit during the upcoming drive so as to make it a success. He said that special measures should be taken to cover all the katchi abadis and announcements should be made from the local mosques. Town Municipal Officer Dr Mukhtar A. Palejo, Town Health Officer Dr Hussain Ahmed and UC nazims and councillors attended the meeting. Malir Town The acting nazim of Malir Town, Sharafat Ali, inspected various ongoing uplift projects and ordered the TO (Infrastructure) to ensure completion of roads projects by the 10th of Rabiul Awwal. He said that work on various uplift projects was under way in almost all the union councils of the town and efforts were on to complete a number of projects before Rabiul Awwal. Jamshed Town The nazim of Jamshed Town, Javed Ahmed, said that all possible avenues would be explored to boost the town's revenues while officials and staff would be rewarded for their good performance so as to bring improvement in every department. He was speaking at a meeting of the town officials and staff. He stressed the need for managing town's affairs keeping in view the existing budgetary provisions.