Polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental samples of Badin district. According to the Ministry of National Health from Islamabad, polio virus has been confirmed in 83 environmental samples this year. The Ministry of National Health’s statement said that the virus found in these environmental samples is of cross-border nature. According to Aliya, the…
Anti-polio efforts in Balochistan suffered a major setback, with the second case of polio reported from the province in the last 24 hours. According to Balochistan Health Department sources, the second case of polio in Balochistan was reported from Chaman district, where polio virus was confirmed in a 4-year-old child. This is the first polio…
The Unjust Climate report highlights the reality that every year in low and middle-income countries, female heads of households in rural areas suffer significantly greater financial losses than men. On average, female-headed households lose eight per cent more of their income due to heat stress and three per cent more due to floods compared with male-headed households….
A polio campaign will be held across the country on February 26—File: Photo Islamabad: The spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Health has said that the polio virus has been confirmed in an environmental sample in Balochistan’s Lasbela district. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health said that the polio virus is moving from one place…
Violence last week forced thousands to flee, and fighting occurred on Tuesday in the outskirts of Sake, which is located some 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Goma. “Our peacekeeping mission is continuing to support the Congolese armed forces and is doing its utmost to protect civilians, including by maintaining a presence along the Goma-Sake axis,” said…
Polio virus has been confirmed in 9 environmental samples from 9 districts of the country. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, polio virus has been found in one sample each from Quetta, Mastung, Multan, Peshawar, Nowshera, Hub. Apart from this, polio virus has also been confirmed in samples from Karachi Malir, Karachi…
File photo. In Lahore, 100,000 children were deprived of polio vaccine because they were not present at home. In this regard, the sources of anti-polio program say that 79,000 children in Faisalabad and 44,000 children in Rawalpindi were deprived of receiving polio drops because they were not present at home. According to the sources of…
This year’s first anti-polio campaign in Sindh has started today. The 7-day anti-polio campaign will continue till January 14 in 30 districts of Sindh. In recent reports, 11 environmental samples of polio in Sindh were positive. Last year, 2 cases of polio were reported from Eastern district of Karachi. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;…
—File photo The 7-day anti-polio campaign in Balochistan will start from tomorrow. Coordinator Emergency Operation Center says that more than 25 lakh 96 thousand children will be given polio vaccine in the campaign. Coordinator EOC Zahid Shah has said that no case of polio was reported in Balochistan after 2021, during 2023 polio virus was…
Following the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, marked annually on 27 December, we took a look at how two renowned actors helped the UN health agency in 1959. A singing legend, Mr. Sinatra lent his golden voice to WHO for a UN Radio story, telling the tale of two victims of polio in Indonesia, and Hollywood…
