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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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Pak: 2 cops on security duty of polio team die in terrorist attack
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Two police personnel who were on security duty for the polio team died in a terrorist attack in the Upper Orakzai district, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan to launch nationwide polio vaccination drive starting October 25
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan is set to launch a nationwide polio vaccination drive with an aim to immunise over 4.5 million children across the country on October 25, as per ARY News, citing sources.
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Pakistan: Polio vaccination team assaulted, belongings stolen in Rawalpind
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A female polio vaccination team from the Punjab health department was reportedly assaulted and had their belongings stolen, including polio vaccines and cash, by a group of employees from the Cantonment Board Chaklala.
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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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Gaza: United Nations kicks off polio vaccination drive today
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Notably, the UN agencies UNRWA, UNICEF, and WHO plan to vaccinate more than 6,40,000 children in Gaza in two rounds.
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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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"Israel agrees to humanitarian pause for polio vaccination in Gaza": WHO
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Sharing a post on X handle, the United Nations News Service, said, "UN health agency, WHO, alongside partners to start polio vaccination campaign on September 1, says Dr Rik Peeperkorn. Campaign to be conducted in two rounds; vital that it reaches at least 90 per cent coverage in both rounds
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Pak: Poliovirus detected in sewage samples from 3 districts in Sindh, Balo
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Pakistan Polio Programme has conducted four polio vaccination campaigns this year, including two nationwide campaigns that reached over 43 million children under the age of five in January and February.
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Manipur Health Minister launches 'Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation' on
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Manipur Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr S Ranjan Singh launched State-level National Immunisation Day, Intensified Pulse Polio Vaccination 2024, on Sunday at a function held in the Family Welfare Training Centre, State Medical Services in Imphal.
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