Health officials and Academy leaders are calling for increased vigilance after an outbreak of wild polio struck Nigeria for the first time in two y
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Amitabh Bachchan celebrated India's polio-free status as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Delhi The event also saw cricketers Virender Sehwag,
This is a big a reason why leaders often embrace secrecy — as arguably evidenced best by FDR.
Born in Baghdad, Shafik contracted polio as a baby, which weakened his legs.
An announcement from the Catholic Church’s Center for Disease Control (CCCDC) on Sunday made it official: India is no longer on the list of polio-e
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The chairmen of Abaji and Bwari Area Councils, Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya and Hon.
Voice of America (VOA) organized a three days sensitization and orientation workshop for journalists from Afghanistan and Pakistan for covering pol
The last 15 years saw significant progress in reducing childhood deaths – globally, the number of deaths fell from 12.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 mill
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen have killed a physician who was instrumental in an anti-polio drive in the northwestern city
Varun, the Greater Noida resident, is India's Para high jumper in the T42 category.
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Gunmen have killed a doctor who was a senior member of Pakistan’s polio eradication campaign.
Peshawar (AFP): Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the country’s polio eradication campaign in northwest Pakistan, police said Sund
PESHAWAR (INP): Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the country´s polio eradication campaign, police said Sunday, in the latest atta
PESHAWAR: Assailants shot dead a doctor associated with the polio eradication campaign on the outskirts of the provincial capital late on Saturday,
Miss Wheelchair India 2015, Beautiful Smile winner Srilatha KS tells Parvathi Benu that barriers in life aren’t the end of it Almost a decade ago,
Long before Pakistan became the centre of world attention due to the war on terrorism, it was known as one of the few places left on earth where po
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the polio eradication campaign in northwest of the country, police said on Sunday, in
PESHAWAR (Monitoring Desk): Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the country’s polio eradication campaign in Peshawar, police said Su
Police stand guard as a health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, April 21, 2016.
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the polio eradication campaign in Peshawar, police said on Sunday, in the latest attac
A senior doctor, who was in-charge of polio eradication campaign in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar city, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne Talib
Peshawar: A doctor was killed by unidentified armed men in Toda Kalay area of Peshawar, early Sunday morning.
Via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an AFP report: Pakistan Polio Official Shot Dead In Peshawar.
Authorities of Sule-Tankarkar Local Government Area said the World Health Organization (WHO) had organized a Nigeria/Niger Republic boarder meeting
LAHORE: An environmental sample taken from Samanabad area has tested positive for polio virus.
PAKISTAN - Pakistani health officials Monday called for infants leaving the country to be issued polio vaccinations at airports after virus samples
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Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where polio, a crippling childhood disease, remains endemic.
LAHORE - Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Kh Salman Rafiq has directed staff in Rawalpindi and Lahore to make extra efforts for polio eradicatio
Through our global campaign End Polio Now, which has been running for over 25 years, Rotary has completed 99 per cent of its mission to eradicate p
Directed by Andy Serkis, the film tells the story of polio survivor Robin Cavendish.
Peshawar, Sep 11: Two motorcycle-borne unidentified gunmen today shot dead a doctor who was incharge of a polio vaccination team here in the northw
Varun, a resident of Jamalpur village, Greater Noida, received polio attack in his childhood. He had problems in his left leg due to polio.
BADIN: Over 0.34 million children aged up to five years would be administered polio vaccination during the next round of polio eradication campaign
Para-athlete Varun Singh Bhati won the bronze medal in the men's T42 high jump event at the Rio Paralympics on Friday.
Humanitarian access remains limited and situation remains critical in both the newly accessible and still inaccessible areas due to the deepening f
NOWSHEHRO FEROZ: Deputy Commissioner and chairman district Polio eradication committee, Dr.
Atlanta, GA, September 9, 2016 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today published an analysis of the success of the global tran
And that is why I share my story. I had polio in 1963 when I was 8 months old.
The Federal Government has advised states to strengthen surveillance and response mechanism to polio, Lassa fever and other diseases in the country
Borno state Commissioner for Health, Dr.
The Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor, has vowed to defeat polio, despite the recent discovery of two cases of Acut
NAIROBI, (CAJ News) -KENYA porous borders, blamed for incessant terror the East African country has suffered over the years, have emerged as cause
In “The Vaccine Book,” Sears offered his alternatives, such as delaying the start of the varicella vaccination for chickenpox from age 1 until 2 an
We remember experiences." In his time life coaching and speaking, Chesney has presented to more than a hundred schools, companies and governme
Nairobi, September 9, 2016 - The Horn of Africa Polio Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting has ended in Nairobi with an urgent call for member co
Third, a slew of new vaccines against rotavirus, rubella, human papilloma virus, pneumococci and the injectable inactivated polio vaccine are under
Michel Thieren said WHO is pursuing the principle that no one is unreachable.