polio eradication

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a high-level meeting with renowned philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, to review Pakistan’s strategic efforts toward eradicating polio…

APP Islamabad: Health officials on Friday confirmed the presence of polio-virus in environmental samples from Quetta and Karachi Kemari. According to officials of the Ministry of Health, so far, polio virus has been confirmed in…

News DeskIslamabad: Nine more environmental samples collected from four provinces of the country have tested positive for type-1 poliovirus, bringing the total number of positive tests this year to 83.In addition, Badin has been…

APP Peshawar: The party leadership has proposed the names of candidates to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for inclusion in the provincial cabinet. However, the latter has decided to finalise the names after…

News Desk Peshawar: A police constable assigned to guard the polio vaccination team in Mardan was critically injured by gunfire during an attack in the Pir Saidi area of Tehsil Takhtbhai on Tuesday. The constable, identified as Zohar, son…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The anti-polio drive commenced in Rawalpindi on Monday with the inauguration led by Commissioner Aamir Khattak and Deputy Commissioner Dr Hasan Waqar Cheema, who administered immunizations to children under the age…

News Desk Rawalpindi: A week-long campaign against polio kicked off in Rawalpindi district, aiming to vaccinate over 786,877 children under the age of five on Monday. Dr Ejaz Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the District Health…

News DeskIslamabad: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon, on Thursday urged parents to cooperate with the polio vaccination teams and ensure that their children receive the necessary two doses of polio drops.Addressing a…

News DeskPeshawar: We should liaise to fight polio with the same commitment that helped us defeat Corona, said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali.Speaking at a ceremony held in Nishtar Hall to mark World Polio Day, Governor…

News DeskIslamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration launched a seven-day anti-polio vaccination campaign on Tuesday, aimed at children under the age of five, with assistant commissioners leading the charge.…