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Pakistan: Polio vaccination team assaulted, belongings stolen in Rawalpind
Updated : 1 year, 6 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: 13 injured in bomb attack on police van in South Waziristan
Updated : 1 year, 6 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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Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Polio case in 16 Years, triggers alarm
Updated : 1 year, 6 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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UAE's support accelerates vaccination of over 187,000 children in Gaza
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The UAE's support has accelerated the vaccination of over 187,000 children in Gaza since the launch of the polio campaign.
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"1,61,000 children vaccinated against polio in Gaza in two days, exceeding
Updated : 1 year, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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WHO Director-General thanks UAE President for major contribution to polio
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account to express his deep gratitude to the United Arab Emirates and President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for the contribution of USD 5 mill
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UAE President directs allocation of funding for urgent polio vaccination c
Updated : 1 year, 6 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, 6 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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Pakistan's battle with polio eradication: Infant succumbs in Balochistan,
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The latest polio victim is an 11-month-old infant from Qila in Balochistan who has succumbed to paralysis caused by the wild poliovirus. The child from Qila who displayed symptoms of paralysis on July 17, is among the five cases detected in the district.
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Biological E receives WHO's pre-qualification status for its novel oral Po
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Biological E Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company, announced on Tuesday that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted pre-qualification (PQ) status to their novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2).
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