Tag: Polio

Soni Faisal knows only too well how polio can forever alter a child's future. She has made it her mission to protect Pakistan's children from this highly contagious, crippling disease. Children in Lahore, Pakistan, welcome a UNICEF-supported polio vaccination team with big smiles on Jan. 11, 2021. © UNICEF/UN0399457/Bukhar ...

Islamabad —  Authorities in Pakistan have confirmed the first case of wild polio virus in more than a year, dealing a setback to the country’s progress against the highly infectious disease. A 15-month-old boy was paralyzed by the virus in the turbulent North Waziristan district, which borders Afghanistan, according ...

#Pakistan News Pakistan was on the path to eradicating the polio disease, but 15 months after the last case was detected, another case came to light on Friday. Health officials announced the discovery of the wild polio case, saying a 15-month-old boy had been paralyzed by the virus in ...

PM Shehbaz Sharif to hold emergency meeting after authorities detect a case of the disease in North Waziristan district.Pakistan’s prime minister says he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio eradication after authorities detect the country’s first case of the debilitating neurodegenerative disease in ...

Pakistan’s prime minister said Saturday he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio eradication after authorities detected the country’s first case of the debilitating neurodegenerative disease in 15 months.Health officials announced the discovery of the wild polio case on Friday, saying a 15-month-old boy ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan reported its first polio case Friday in nearly 15 months with a toddler paralyzed by the crippling disease in the northwest."Deeply saddened to share that a 15-month-old boy has been paralyzed in North Waziristan, Southern KP , as #Pakistan confirms a wild #poliovirus case after nearly 15 ...

In February, the southern African country recently recorded its first polio case in 30 years and the first on the continent since 2020.Blantyre, Malawi – At the Gateway Clinic in Blantyre, Malawi’s second-biggest city, a sense of fulfilment overwhelmed Gloria Kasula after she had her three-year-old child vaccinated against ...

Some 1,130 children were vaccinated against polio in Jerusalem on Tuesday, 3.8 times the daily average, after a case of a child with polio was discovered in Jerusalem on Sunday, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.Tipat Chalav centers will be reinforced cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); });console.log("catid ...

A four-year-old Israeli child from Jerusalem tested positive for polio after it was revealed he was not vaccinated against the life-threatening disease, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.  The regional health administration in Jerusalem opened an epidemiological investigation and is in contact with the child and his family for ...

Author: ReutersID: 1645778882679303800Fri, 2022-02-25 08:22 KABUL: The United Nations condemned the killing of eight polio workers by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan, which it said had set back the campaign to eradicate the disease in the country. The Taliban, who took control of the country in August, said there were separate attacks ...