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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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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 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: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): A 17-month-old boy from the North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan contracted the wild poliovirus disease, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Saturday.
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Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country after testing environmental samples from various cities.
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Pakistan: 13th case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): An 18-month-old was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health confirmed on Friday.
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Pakistan: Unidentified men open fire at polio worker, severely injured
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): Unidentified armed men opened fire at polio workers in Pakistan's Mir Ali Tehsil leaving another vaccinator severely injured.
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Pakistan's failure to eliminate polio reflects acute lack of commitment
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Pakistan's failure to eliminate polio reflects the acute lack of commitment and obligation on the part of the government and society toward saving children from the menace of this devastating disease.
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UN condemns killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 25 (ANI): The UN has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since immunization campaigns resumed in November last year.
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Another police officer on polio duty shot dead in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): A police officer assigned to protect a polio vaccination team was shot dead by gunmen in Dera Ismail Khan city of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pak: 2 cops protecting polio team shot dead in Mardan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccinations workers in the Mardan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were shot dead, police said.
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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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