2 polio case surfaced in Karachi within 3 months
Within three months, a second police case has surfaced in the metropolis, exposing the efforts…
Tagged: Polio
Anti-polio drive across country from Monday
ISLAMABAD – A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in twelve districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally…
Bill Gates lauds Pakistan’s tremendous progress towards polio eradication
The founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation met Prime Minister Shahid…
For three months : WHO extends travel curbs for Pakistanis
After two cases of polio were exported in four months, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Simultaneous polio drive in Pakistan, Afghanistan from 16th
ISLAMABAD: The decision to launch an anti-polio campaign in the whole of Pakistan and Afghanistan…
Polio in Pakistan will end till 2017, predicts Bill Gates
DOHA: Bill Gates said Wednesday that “with any luck” polio will be eradicated by 2017…
Balochistan braces for three-day anti-polio drive amid tight security
QUETTA: Over 2.3 million children below the age of five will be administered anti-polio drops…
Countrywide anti-polio drive to start from Monday
ISLAMABAD: A three-day national polio immunisation campaign is set to begin in the federal capital…
IDB approves $90m for polio eradication during 2016-18
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved financing of $90 million to assist the polio…
Pakistan may be polio free by next year: UNICEF health official
PESHAWAR: With an 85% reduction in recorded polio cases in 2015, Pakistan may be declared a…