Polio remains endemic in only two countries worldwide, Pakistan and Afghanistan, The Express Tribune reported. The virus, which mainly affects children under five, can cause irreversible paralysis but is preventable with a few drops of oral vaccine.
This marks the second mpox case in Khyber district. The first case, earlier this year, involved a resident who contracted the virus in the United Arab Emirates. With the new case, the region has reported 17 mpox cases over the past three years, as cited by Dawn.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks of Congress of using the Constitution as a weapon for its vote bank and cited a letter in which Dr BR Ambedkar blamed communist leader SA Dange and Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar for his defeat
According to WHO, the committee reviewed the global spread of polio, the situation in Pakistan, and the government's efforts to control the spread of virus.
"These people were enemies of Baba Saheb then and even now. Even when he was alive they did not support him. When Baba Saheb adopted Buddhism, do you know what these people said? They said that is from Mahar community, an untouchable. They also said that now Buddha has been made an untouc
"Congress has become the destroyer of Constitutions. Dr BR Ambedkar wanted to bring in equality, but Congress spread the virus of vote bank politics. Babasaheb wanted that every poor, every backward can live with dignity and with their head held high, have dreams and complete them," PM Mo
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) stressed the proactive national strategy to combat the human papillomavirus (HPV) to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and other diseases associated with the virus. The strategy was launched as part of the ministry's ongoing efforts to prom
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Pakistan's National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in sewage samples from 18 districts across the country, according to ARY News.