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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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Pak reports another polio case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan reported a second polio case as a two-year-old girl was found affected by the virus in North Waziristan, local media reported on Friday.
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Shehbaz Sharif convenes emergency meeting after polio case re-emerges in P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday convened a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio after the first case of the viral disease was detected in 15 months.
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Pakistan detects first polio case in 15 months: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan detected country's first case of polio after over a year, with the paralysis of a 15-month-old boy in the country's North Waziristan area, according to reports citing authorities.
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Four people arrested over killings of vaccination workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], March 13 (ANI): Four people were arrested in connection with the deaths of seven health workers who were administering polio vaccinations in Afghanistan, Afghan media reported citing officials.
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Israel detects first polio case since 1989
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], March 7 (ANI): Israel's Ministry of Health on Sunday said that a new case of polio has been detected in a 4-year-old child in Jerusalem.
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Taliban failed to save its citizens, health workers in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 1 (ANI): The recent killing of polio vaccinators in Afghanistan is a cause for concern, especially in a country where lack of a vaccination drive may lead to an outbreak of polio cases, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka's war against polio 'most successful', says CM Bommai
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 27 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Sunday asserted that the state's war against polio is the "most successful".
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Mandaviya launches Polio National Immunization Day - 2022, administers pol
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday launched the "Polio National Immunization Day - 2022" by administering polio drops to children aged less than five years.
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UN condemns killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years 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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Afghan health ministry launches polio vaccination drive targeting 9.1 mill
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 21 (ANI): The Afghan health ministry on Monday launched a campaign to innoculate millions of children in Afghanistan against polio.
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90 pc terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan target CPEC projects: Pa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 30 (ANI): Pakistan counter-terrorism department (CTD) on Wednesday said that 90 per cent of the terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan target the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
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