Dr. Aghaalkurdi is a humanitarian worker displaced in Khan Younis, Gaza. In August, health officials recorded the first case of polio in Gaza in more than 25 years, in an unvaccinated 10-month-old ...

PAHO said in 1975, the region reported nearly 6,000 cases of polio, but thanks to child vaccination ... was detected in September 1991 in Peru and in 1994, the region was certified as free of ...

Garfield Ekon Staff Writer The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ...

The third and final phase of polio vaccinations is underway in the northern Gaza strip after being postponed due to a lack of ...

FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) This is a scientific supplement to the excellent article, titled “The saga of the control of the dreaded disease polio,” written by my friend, Dr Jude Jayamaha, Consultant ...

POLIO remains endemic in only two countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Despite global efforts, both nations still struggle with transmission, driven by misinformation, rumours, and conspiracy ...

If you are worried about using this medicine, speak to your doctor or pharmacist. Adacel Polio contains the active ingredients diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, pertussis toxoid, pertussis ...

A 32-year-old polio survivor from Lahore, Sadia Salman, has convinced hundreds of hundreds of reluctant parents to vaccinate their children against the disease. While working hard during a recent ...

Pakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to ...

Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face in eradicating one of ...

"Genetic sequencing of the cases is under way," said a Pakistan polio eradication program statement Saturday while reporting the two new infections in Sindh. "The intense virus transmission and ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in ...