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

However, polio remains endemic in two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan, as per Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Pakistan has reported 16 poliovirus cases as of August, while ...

An infectious disease, Polio causes crippling paralysis among young children. It has been virtually eradicated from the world through comprehensive efforts of decades-long vaccination drives. However, ...

“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 ...

“Polio has three serotypes — type 1, type 2 and type 3. Type 2 and 3 were eradicated from the world. Poliovirus type 1 remains mainly in two countries — Pakistan and Afghanistan. So, about the global ...

The naturally occurring form of polio remains active in only two countries in the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Over 50 cases of so-called wild polio have been confirmed in the region this year ...

Polio has started to resurface in Pakistan as more than one million children failed to receive their vaccinations last month. Since the beginning of the year, the country has reported 39 new polio ...

Thanks to global immunisation efforts, polio cases have dropped by over 99 per cent since the 1980s. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, according to the World ...

But it can be prevented with a vaccine: polio cases worldwide have been reduced by more than 99% since the 1980s thanks to immunization campaigns. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only ...

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 ...

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the ...