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Pakistan: Polio drive in merged districts falls short; 935,000 children mi
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan's merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fell short of its target, leaving over 935,000 children under five unvaccinated, officials said, citing security challenges and population displacement as key hurdles, The Express Tribune reported.
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Afghanistan: Polio vaccination campaign launched for eastern provinces
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Afghanistan has launched the polio vaccination drive for the country's eastern provinces, as reported by Khaama News on Saturday.
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Afghanistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign to immunise 7.3
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Public Health has launched a four-day polio vaccination campaign in 19 provinces, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under five. Vaccination teams are working in neighborhoods across the country. Public awareness and continued investment are crucial, say doctors. Tolo N
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Afghanistan launches nationwide polio drive to protect children
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Afghanistan will launch a new polio vaccination campaign on July 20 to protect children under five. The drive, supported by Vitamin A supplements, aims to boost child immunity and prevent the virus, with full community cooperation urged, Khaama Press reported.
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UNICEF, WHO to continue mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza Strip
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have launched an emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip, with a mass vaccination campaign scheduled from 22 to 26 February 2025.
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Polio Vaccination Campaign postponed in Balochistan despite widespread v
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The polio vaccination campaign, scheduled to begin this week in all 36 districts across Balochistan has been postponed for two weeks, the Dawn reported.
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Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza: WHO-UNICEF
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The third phase of the polio vaccination campaign is set to begin tomorrow in part of the northern Gaza Strip after being postponed from October 23, 2024 due to the lack of access and assured, comprehensive humanitarian pauses, intense bombardment, and mass evacuation orders. These condit
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Polio vaccination campaign to resume today in northern Gaza
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign is set to begin today in part of the northern Gaza Strip after being postponed from October 23 due to a lack of access and assured, comprehensive humanitarian pauses, intense bombardment, and mass evacuation orders.
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Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Polio case in 16 Years, triggers alarm
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported its first polio case in Islamabad in 16 years, raising the total for 2024 to 17. The case, detected in Union Council Rural 4, marks the city's first since 2008. Environmental samples from 64 districts, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, have tested positive for wild po
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"1,61,000 children vaccinated against polio in Gaza in two days, exceeding
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 1,61,000 Palestinian children were vaccinated in two days as part of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, exceeding the estimated target of about 1,56,550 children.
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WHO Chief urges protection for health teams amid Polio vaccination rollout
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for the protection of health teams involved in Gaza's polio vaccination campaign, following recent violence that has claimed lives and endangered aid efforts. The call for safety comes amid escalating conflict and highlights the crit
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UAE President directs allocation of funding for urgent polio vaccination c
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Delivered in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and UNRWA, the two-round campaign will provide over 640,000 Gazan children under the age of 10 with two doses of the polio vaccine, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and prevent a wider regional outbreak.
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