Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the ...
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — After years of decline, polio is surging again in this populous South Asian nation, dimming hopes that the viral disease — eradicated nearly everywhere else on Earth ...
Health workers vaccinate a 2-year-old child during a polio vaccination campaign in January 2015 in a rural area of Tehsil Fateh Jang, Punjab in Pakistan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ CDC Global ...
A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where the paralytic virus persists, is threatened by ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) praised Pakistan on Thursday for reducing polio cases by over 99% since 1994, reaffirming its commitment to assist the country in completing the final phase of ...
A concerning development has emerged in Pakistan's fight against polio. Recent sewage samples collected from Mirpurkhas, Thatta, and Naushahro Feroze districts in Sindh have tested positive for ...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated government's resolve to eradicate polio from the country. He was presiding over a review meeting of the polio eradication campaign in Islamabad today. The ...