Tag: antipolio

ISLAMABAD —  Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan Friday ambushed and killed a senior health official who was coordinating anti-polio efforts in a turbulent region bordering Afghanistan. Authorities said the shooting in the militancy-hit Bajaur district also injured a police guard for the slain polio program coordinator, medical doctor Abdul Rehman. ...

Islamabad —  A senior representative of Afghanistan’s Taliban government told a Pakistan-hosted international health conference Wednesday that his country had recorded an increase in mosquito-borne malaria and dengue fever cases, but infections caused by highly contagious poliovirus declined significantly.Only 12 children around the world were paralyzed by wild poliovirus ...

ISLAMABAD —  Only 12 children around the world have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus so far this year, all of them in Pakistan and Afghanistan — with six reported in each. They are the last two countries in which the highly infectious disease still exists. Moreover, the World Health ...

Source link www.rferl.org Pakistani authorities have suspended an anti-polio drive in two volatile tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after several police officers refused to provide security to medical teams during the door-to-door vaccination campaign. Source link Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the ...

Source link www.rferl.org Beekeeping became much more than a hobby when the industry was reborn in Afghanistan over the past two decades. For many Afghan farmers, honey became their lifeblood. But with the decline of the Afghan economy, the sweet commodity has become a luxury item as cash-strapped customers ...

Source link www.rferl.org Moldova closed it airspace temporarily on February 14 following a warning by President Maia Sandu that Russia was planning destabilizing actions by using agents provocateurs. Moldova's airspace was closed for one hour for security reasons, the country's Civilian Aeronautic Authority said in a statement, adding that ...

Islamabad —  Pakistan Monday launched its first nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year to immunize children under the age of five against the crippling disease. The move follows a surge in new infections in 2022.While no new case has been reported in Pakistan so far this year, the highly ...

The three-day drive aims to immunise more than 44 million children under the age of five against the viral disease.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has launched its first nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year, aiming to immunise more than 44 million children under the age of five to protect them ...

Islamabad, Nov 28:Pakistani authorities launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive on Monday amid a spike in new cases among children, health officials said.It is the sixth such campaign this year and will last for five days, aiming to inoculate children under the age of 5 in high-risk areas.The newest ...

Pakistani authorities launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive on Monday amid a spike in new cases among children, health officials said. It is the sixth such campaign this year and will last for five days, aiming to inoculate children under the age of 5 in high-risk areas. ...