Browsing: polio

Yaounde —  Cameroon officials say a fifth case of polio was reported in the capital, Yaounde, this week, despite the…

Islamabad —  Pakistan Monday launched its first nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year to immunize children under the age of…

Islamabad —  Pakistan launched its first anti-polio campaign of the year Sunday, targeting 44.2 million children under the age of…

Three people were killed and 28 others injured in a suicide bombing during a polio vaccination campaign in south-west Pakistan,…

PIDIE, Indonesia —  Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up Monday for polio vaccinations in the…

Polio does not only affect children, even if the name polio would suggest it. The term comes from the fact…

Washington —  Photos of Zarghoona Wadood sightseeing in Egypt with two other wheelchair-using women went viral last year in Pakistan,…

BERLIN —  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio…

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suggested better networking and cooperation across national borders with a view to global health policy.…

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state-wide emergency in relation to the dangerous disease polio. After Rockland, Orange and Sullivan counties…