Pakistan: Policeman shot dead in Balochistan escorting polio vaccine worker

Oct 26, 2022

Gunmen shot dead a policeman providing security to health workers during a polio eradication campaign in Balochistan.

Pakistan's polio tally reaches 43 with latest case in Balochistan

Oct 31, 2024

Pakistan has reported a new polio case in Balochistan's Chagai district, raising the country's total number of cases this year to 43, as per...

Afghanistan: Fifth Polio case of 2023 reported in Nangarhar

Jun 20, 2023

According to the chief of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme in Afghanistan's communications department, Kamal Shah Sayed, the fifth polio case has been reported...

Economic crisis forces Health Department to cut anti-polio campaign duration and slash payments to polio workers in Rawalpindi

Jan 29, 2026

Major reductions have also been made to workers' facilities, sparking concerns that the anti-polio drive could be severely impacted. Polio workers, upset over the...

Annual nationwide pulse polio drive postponed

Jan 13, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 13 : India has postponed its pulse polio immunisation drive, scheduled for January 17 as part of the National Polio...

Polio immunisation drive in Kerala postponed

Jan 10, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 10 : The pulse polio immunisation drive in Kerala, which was scheduled on January 17 as part of the National...