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New case: 18-month-old infected in Qilla Abdullah
QUETTA: Reports of another polio case emerged from Qilla Abdullah district in Balochistan on Thursday. “Polio was detected in 18-month-old Rubina in Qilla Abdullah district’s Chaman town on...
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How to fix Pakistan’s polio eradication disaster
In its most recent report on polio eradication, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has aptly summed up the situation in Pakistan as a “disaster”. This verdict should come as no surprise to an...
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Springing into action: Over 243,000 children to get polio drops from today
KARACHI: A three-day special polio drive that will target over 243,000 children is starting in 11 ‘super high-risk’ areas of the city from today. A committee, comprising commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui,...
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There will be over 98% polio coverage in the province: Balochistan DG Health
QUETTA: Balochistan Director General Health Services Dr Naseer Baloch on Saturday said they had covered 81 per cent of the children among the 9,958 refusals in the latest anti-polio campaign in...
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Nearly 10,000 parents snub Balochistan vaccinators
QUETTA: The latest polio immunisation campaign has so far covered 81% children in Balochistan, while nearly 10,000 parents refused to get their children vaccinated against the crippling disease,...
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Tabs on travellers: WHO dangles threat of global screening
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Pakistan that it could face global screening if it fails to keep proper vaccination record of outbound travellers. The WHO’s International...
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Crippling disease: Seven new cases as N Waziristan polio drive restarts
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: As seven fresh polio cases surfaced in different parts of the country on Tuesday, an initiative was renewed to drive out the contagious disease from North Waziristan Agency (NWA)...
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Supreme Court orders probe into prison polio claim
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has ordered an investigation after a female prisoner serving a sentence for murder claimed her daughter had contracted polio in the jail, officials said Wednesday. Convict...
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Another polio case pushes Balochistan total to 12
QUETTA: A new polio case surfaced in Qila Abdullah on Wednesday, raising the total number of cases in Balochistan to 12 this year. The latest victim of the crippling disease was identified as...
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Four more cases of polio raise countrywide total to 257
PESHAWAR: Four new polio cases were reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Fata on Thursday, raising the national total for 2014 to 257 cases throughout Pakistan. Three of the cases confirmed were from...
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A short history of polio
Poliomyelitis, better known as polio has existed throughout history. There are Egyptian stone carvings dating back to 1403-1365 BC which show a man with a walking stick and deformities that very much...
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Polio immunisation drive held across Peshawar district
PESHAWAR: A one-day polio immunisation campaign was conducted in 97 union councils of Peshawar district on Sunday. Around 4,260 teams of polio workers were constituted to administer the vaccine....
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TTP-Jamaat Ahrar claims responsibility for attack on polio team in Charsadda
CHARSADDA: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction Jamaatul Ahrar on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack on a polio vaccination worker in the Shabqadar area of district Charsadda, where one...
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Dire situation: Balochistan launches emergency vaccination campaign
QUETTA: With 16 deaths from measles and 14 cases of polio confirmed in Balochistan this year, the provincial government on Monday launched an eight-day emergency vaccination campaign against nine...
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Swat reports its first polio case in five years
PESHAWAR: The first polio case in five years from the scenic Swat valley was confirmed on Monday, which, along with a fresh case from Sindh, raised the national tally to 262. According to an official...
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Under fire: Polio worker injured in gun attack
SHABQADAR: The perils of taking part in the polio vaccination campaign were exposed once again on Monday as a worker was injured in a drive-by shooting in Shabqadar, while his friend narrowly escaped....
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Crippling disease: Two new polio cases surface; tally jumps to 262
ISLAMABAD: Two more polio cases surfaced in the country on Monday, taking the overall count to 262 victims so far in 2014. One case was reported from Swat, after a break of five years, while the...
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3 killed in attack on polio team near Quetta
QUETTA: Three people were killed and four others sustained injuries in an attack on polio vaccination team near Eastern Bypass in Balochistan on Wednesday. The injured, two of whom are in critical...
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Four vaccinators shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: Four members of a polio vaccination team, including three women, were killed and three others were wounded in a targeted attack in suburban Quetta Wednesday morning. Health authorities...
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Ensuring security: Ministry may seek help from defence, interior ministries
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC) is planning to seek assistance from the ministries of defence and interior to ensure foolproof security for...
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