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Pak: 2 personnel, 2 workers injured as mob attacks polio team in Balochist
Updated : 1 year, 9 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, 3 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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Immunisation campaign against polio launched in 24 Afghan provinces
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A vaccination campaign against polio was launched across 24 provinces of Afghanistan on Monday, Khaama Press reported, adding that the disease remains a public health concern for the country.
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Four day long Polio vaccination campaign launched in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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Northwest Pak's Mehsud belt saw no polio campaign for past six months: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shahzad Baig said that 99 per cent of women in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan have not been included in the polio teams.
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Pak PM kicks off three-day nationwide anti-polio drive
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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WHO pledges full support as Tanzania launches vaccination against polio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 18 (ANI): The World Health Organisation extended its support to Tanzania in organizing polio campaigns, after Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio on Wednesday to curb the outbreak of the virus in the country.
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Pakistan's dream to eradicate polio far away prospect despite USD 5 bln sp
Updated : 3 years, 10 months 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: Policeman guarding polio team killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kohat [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): Unidentified men killed a policeman guarding a polio vaccination team in Kohat city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the third day of a five-day polio campaign on Sunday.
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Almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said in an annual report that almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations between April and June amid the COVID-19 outbreak, when all polio campaigns were suspended.
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Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers
Updated : 4 years, 9 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, 2 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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