The report noted that a total of 71 polio cases have been documented, with 23 occurring in Afghanistan and 48 in Pakistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only two countries in the world where ...

World Health Organization reports 64 polio infections this year: 41 in Pakistan and 23 in Afghanistan, up from six each in ...

According to the WHO’s latest report, the new polio sample was identified in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province.

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, ...

In neighbouring Afghanistan, at least 18 polio cases have been confirmed this year, according to the World Health Organization. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the world’s last two countries where ...

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

The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a three-day vaccination campaign aimed at ...

“The fatwas have had a great impact,” Qureshi said. Yet, as Pakistan and Afghanistan seek to eradicate polio, misinformation remains a key hurdle. While immunization rates are generally high ...

The World Health Organization has confirmed 18 polio cases in Afghanistan this year, all but two in the south of the country. That’s up from six cases in 2023. Afghanistan used a house-to-house ...

Seventy-six districts were affected in all, the program said. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio ...

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where the spread of polio has never been stopped. It is one of the world’s most infectious diseases, so it continues to spread ...