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Economic crisis forces Health Department to cut anti-polio campaign durati
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Major reductions have also been made to workers' facilities, sparking concerns that the anti-polio drive could be severely impacted. Polio workers, upset over the pay cuts, have staged protests and warned of further demonstrations. Assertions by the district administration regarding the erad
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Rawalpindi launches five-day anti-polio drive to vaccinate over one millio
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A five-day anti-polio campaign has begun in Rawalpindi to vaccinate over one million children under five. Around 4,731 mobile teams, fixed and transit teams, and 1,800 police personnel are deployed to ensure coverage and security, with special focus on migrant-populated areas, Dawn reported.
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Section 144 imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ahead of anti-polio campaign lau
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In preparation for the anti-polio campaign set to launch on December 16, Section 144 has been imposed in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for seven days, as reported by ARY News on Sunday.
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Pakistan: 13 injured in bomb attack on police van in South Waziristan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A remote-controlled bomb targeted a police van in South Waziristan's Wana Rustam Bazar on Monday, injuring 13 individuals, including six police officers and seven civilians. The explosion occurred on Kir Kot Road, where police were securing an anti-polio campaign. The injured were taken to l
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Pak: 2 personnel, 2 workers injured as mob attacks polio team in Balochist
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Two levies personnel and two women workers of an anti-polio campaign were injured in an alleged attack in Balochistan's Chaman, reported Dawn, citing officials.
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Pakistan reports another Polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported another case of POlio after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai area became the latest victim of the paralysing disease, ARY News reported on Saturday.
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Four day long Polio vaccination campaign launched in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A four-day-long Polio Vaccination campaign has been launched in Afghanistan's eastern region in order to put an end to the disease, Khaama Press reported on Saturday.
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Pak PM kicks off three-day nationwide anti-polio drive
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistani premier stated that floods in the summer season had disrupted the national drive, but despite all those difficulties, the polio workers carried out their responsibility with commitment.
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Pakistan's dream to eradicate polio far away prospect despite USD 5 bln sp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan's dream to eradicate Polio from the country seems to be a far-away prospect despite the spending of USD 5 billion during the last 27 years.
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Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Amid its inability to stamp out religious extremism, Pakistan has now "indefinitely" suspended its nationwide anti-polio campaign, to protect some 270,000 polio field staff from growing attacks.
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Pakistan: Policeman escorting polio workers shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhw
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Karak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A policeman escorting a team of polio health care workers was shot dead by "unidentified gunmen" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Karak district on Tuesday, Dawn reported citing authorities.
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Pak reports new polio case as anti-polio campaign impacted by COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Pakistan has reported yet another polio case on Sunday, taking the country's tally of the year to 82.
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