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Polio Vaccination Launched in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan a nationwide campaign to administer polio vaccines to 9.9 million children under the age of five has been launched by the Afghan Public Health Ministry. The five-day drive was launched as 56 polio cases were detected in ...

Door-To-Door Polio Immunization in Yemen

Yemen has launched a polio vaccination campaign for more than 4 million children in the north of the war-torn country. The door-to-door immunization targets children under the age of five. In August this year, a polio outbreak was ...

Need For Uninterrupted Polio Vaccination During Pandemic: Experts

During COVID-19 pandemic, experts have underlined the need for continuing the polio immunization programme to help maintain India's polio-free status. The disruption of such routine immunisation services may be unprecedented since the ...

New Designer Polio Vaccine

Phase 1 clinical trial has revealed that the designer polio vaccine was both more stable and effective than the 50-year old Sabin vaccine from which it was derived. In their new study, published April 23, 2020 in Cell Host and Microbe, Andino, ...

Scientists Develop Safer, Less Costly Polio Vaccine

Uniformed Services University (USU) have developed an effective, safer-to-handle and less costly polio vaccine. In developing countries, the live Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV) has generally been used because it has been more cost ...

Poliovirus Holds Promise as Cancer Vaccine

Modified version of poliovirus appears to have applicability for pediatric brain tumors when used as part of a cancer vaccine, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications . In preclinical studies using mice and human ...

Malaysia Launches Vaccination Campaign After 1st Polio Infection in 27 Years

Malaysian health authorities started vaccination operations in rural regions of the jungle-covered island of Borneo after identifying the first example of polio since the Southeast Asian country revealed itself free of the viral disease in 2000. ...

Afghanistan Launches Polio Drive Targeting Almost Nine Million Kids

Afghan health authorities on Monday launched an extended sub-national immunization campaign to give polio immunity vaccination dose to 8.5 million children under five years old. "The five-day campaign targets over 8.5 million children under 5 ...

Polio Affects 4 Members of UP Family

Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, affects four members of a family living in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The family lives in Bhatgavan village in Haidergarh town, while the father Siddiqui died of cancer 10 years ago. ...

Number of Polio Cases Touches 47 in Pakistan

National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) of Pakistan confirmed one new polio case each in Quetta and Banno provinces. With this, the number of polio cases has touched 47 this year, reports an official. "The majority of cases, 36, have been ...

Pulse Polio Program for 2019 Launched by the President

President Ram Nath Kovind launched this year's pulse polio program at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday by administering polio drops to children under five years. The launch was organized on the eve of the National Immunization Day, which ...

Govt Postpones Polio Immunisation Programme for Time Being

The government has postponed the holding of the National Immunisation Day (NID) on February 3, stated the Health and Family Welfare Ministry. According to the Ministry, the delay is owing to more stringent testing of the vaccination which will ...

Polio Vaccination Camp Launched in High-Risk Areas of Afghanistan

A polio vaccination camp has been launched on Monday in 179 high-risk districts in Afghanistan by the Afghan Public Health Ministry. Afghanistan along with Pakistan and Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world where polio remains as ...

Afghanistan Reports 20 Cases of Polio

The Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan reported that the number of people affected with polio has rose to 20 this year, after a new case confirmed in the southern region. The latest case of wild polio virus was detected in ...

Freeze-dried Vaccine Can Eradicate Polio Globally

Highlights: A newly formulated heat-stable injectable polio vaccine has been developed Using freeze-drying helps stabilize the vaccine and increase its shelf-life The new polio vaccine could help in the global effort to eradicate polio from ...

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