Polio outbreak spreads in Pakistan as militants target vaccination teams
Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the ...
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Anti-polio drive kicks off in Rawalpindi
A seven-day anti-polio campaign aiming to immunize 1.038 million children in Rawalpindi began on Monday and will continue until February 9.The campaign was inaugurated at the Kot Kalan Healthcare ...
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Polio Diplomacy Between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Polio cases are surging in both countries. Can Pakistan and Afghanistan collaborate on eradicating the virus, even as their ...
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A police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year is killed by gunmen
ISLAMABAD — A police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen Monday, police said. Pakistan deployed thousands of police ...
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CM vows to eradicate polio as vaccination begins
The vaccination drive is scheduled to run from February 3 to February 9 and aims to immunise over 10.6 million children under ...