Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state on Thursday said the state government has reduced polio infestations in the state by 80 per cent.

Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr.

HARIPUR: One more child was diagnosed with polio virus in district hospital Haripur on Wednesday.

NIGERIA has recorded no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the last nine months, and is three months away from being certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

GENEVA – Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24–30 April), WHO is calling for renewed efforts to get progress back on course.

PESHAWAR - Under Sihat-Ka-Ittehad Program, a special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkwa on Monday.

LAHORE: The health department has denied any polio case in Shahpur tehsil of Sargodha.

For years it has remained their sole means of negotiation.

Khartoum – Sudan has been Polio free since 2009, President Omar Al Bashir announced, saying it is backed by international and regional organisations.

Dr. Khaliru Hassan disclosed this while inaugurating a special committee known as National Laboratory Polio Containment Committee in Abuja.

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