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UNICEF, WHO to continue mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza Strip
Updated : 1 year 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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Nepal rolls out HPV vaccination campaign on World Cancer Day to immunize o
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Human papillomavirus is a viral infection that spreads through skin-to-skin contact and is a leading cause of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer in the developing world and a major cause of death among Nepali women. It is estimated that hundreds of women are di
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Polio Vaccination Campaign postponed in Balochistan despite widespread v
Updated : 1 year, 2 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, 4 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, 4 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: Amid rising polio cases, CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif vows to eradicat
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
To eradicate polio from the province, Maryam Nawaz has directed authorities to launch vaccination campaigns at all entry points in Punjab.
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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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"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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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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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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Pak: Poliovirus detected in sewage samples from 3 districts in Sindh, Balo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months 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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