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

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 cou...

Afghanistan Launches Polio Drive Targeting Almost Nine Million Kids

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 f...

Polio Affects 4 Members of UP Family

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, whil...

Number of Polio Cases Touches 47 in Pakistan

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...

Pulse Polio Program for 2019 Launched by the President

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 orga...

Govt Postpones Polio Immunisation Programme for Time Being

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 ow...

Polio Vaccination Camp Launched in High-Risk Areas of Afghanistan

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...

Afghanistan Reports 20 Cases of Polio

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 lates...

Freeze-dried Vaccine Can Eradicate Polio Globally

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...

Afghanistan Launches 5-day Polio Vaccination Drive

Afghanistan Launches 5-day Polio Vaccination Drive

Afghan health authorities have launched a five-day polio vaccination drive in some of the most high-risk provinces in the country. "Teams will visit 6.4 million children under the age o...

Afghanistan Starts Polio Vaccination Campaign Targeting 9.9 Million Kids

Afghanistan Starts Polio Vaccination Campaign Targeting 9.9 Million Kids

Nationwide immunity vaccination campaign for five-days is launched by Afghan Public Health Ministry on Monday targeting 9.9 million kids under the age of five, the Ministry announced in a st...

Polio Outbreak Hits Papua New Guinea Hard

Polio Outbreak Hits Papua New Guinea Hard

After the confirmation of polio outbreak, a public health emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea. Reportedly the outbreak has returned to the islands after 18 years. At least ...

Polio Virus Therapy May Help Fight Against Brain Cancer

Polio Virus Therapy May Help Fight Against Brain Cancer

When administering the genetically modified polio virus therapy to brain tumor patients increase their three-year survival rate by 21 percent, reveals a clinical trial. Comparatively, ...

Polio Vaccine: A Single-shot Injection can Eradicate Polio

Polio Vaccine: A Single-shot Injection can Eradicate Polio

A new single-shot nanoparticle vaccine has been developed to eradicate polio, worldwide. Paralysis caused by the poliovirus can be prevented with just one injection, as it delivers multiple ...

Polio Labs can be Used to Help Tackle Tropical Diseases

Polio Labs can be Used to Help Tackle Tropical Diseases

A diverse group of communicable diseases that prevail in tropical and subtropical conditions affect more than one billion people every year. To help tackle neglected tropical diseases, resea...

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