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India completes a decade of being polio-free

27-Mar-2024 Health & Lifestyle

India on Wednesday completed a decade of being polio-free, marking a significant milestone in healthcare in the country, while also helping the fight against other...

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Dakshina Kannada Exceeds Pulse Polio Drive Target with 95.1% Coverage

04-Mar-2024 Mangaluru

In a successful endeavor, Dakshina Kannada district achieved a commendable 95.1% of the target in the pulse polio drive, administering drops to 1,36,280 out of...

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Hanoi: Vietnam to ramp up polio vaccination amid high risk

11-Apr-2023 Asia

Vietnam is accelerating efforts to vaccinate children against polio amid a global surge in a variant of the the virus, local media reported on...

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‘Countries making efforts against polio, gaps at sub-national level’

25-Sep-2022 Health & Lifestyle

The chairs of national certification committees and global certification commission, representatives of donor and partner agencies, and thwe WHO participated in the two-day meeting this...

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Pakistan: Long polio battle faces tough times due to militancy

29-Jun-2022 Asia

Pakistan has been facing a tough battle against poliovirus for years with an unwelcoming attitude toward vaccines in rural areas and negative propaganda against health...

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Infant found paralysed by polio in Pakistan

25-Jun-2022 Asia

An eight-month-old infant in Pakistan's North Waziristan district was found to be parlaysed by the poliovirus, increasing the number of cases detected this year to...

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Polio outbreak in Pakistan worsens

08-Jun-2022 Asia

Pakistans polio eradication campaign is in disarray after an alarming jump in cases last...

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Cameroon starts nationwide polio immunisation

14-May-2022 Africa

Cameroon has launched a nationwide polio immunisation drive targeting over 5 million children under the age of five...

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Tanzania to vaccinate over 10mn kids against polio

24-Apr-2022 Africa

 Tanzanian health authorities said that 10,313,887 children aged below five years will be vaccinated against polio between April 28 and May 1 in the country...

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Over 80mn polio doses to be administered in Africa: WHO

19-Mar-2022 Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that more than 80 million polio doses will be administered to over 23 million children under five years in...

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Our war against polio most successful: CM Bommai

27-Feb-2022 Bengaluru

Indian has successfully tackled diseases like TB, cholera, malaria, and plague and now, its war against polio has been most successful, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj...

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