Pakistan's government has been working to curb the spread of polio, including an initiative to vaccinate 32 million children.

Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a spike in new polio cases since March, in a troubling sign as the government seeks to eradicate the disease in the country ...

Pakistan reports a rise in polio cases, with 32 infections this year. A nationwide vaccination campaign protected 33 million ...

Polio cases have seen a sudden spike in Pakistan and Afghanistan, endangering global efforts to eradicate the disease. The World Health Organisation on September 30, issued a statement warning ...

Looking at polio in Pakistan in the round, parts of south KP, even parts of central Pakistan, but most glaringly, Killa Abdullah and Chaman, are those places where the basic Polio Programme has ...

Pakistan has detected 26 polio cases this year, including new ones in Sindh's Karachi East and Sujawal districts. Authorities, emphasizing the importance of vaccination, have launched mass ...

Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 26 polio cases this year with two fresh cases of the crippling disease being detected in the Sindh province, authorities said on Wednesday. The latest cases were ...

This is the second polio case reported from Hyderabad where a case was earlier reported in August. Pakistan has now reported 24 polio cases in 2024 included 15 from Balochistan, five from Sindh ...

He concluded by reaffirming Sindh’s unwavering commitment to a polio-free Pakistan, urging continued vigilance and collective action to protect every child from this preventable disease.

Raza Farooq also announced that the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) and the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme (PEI) are launching a joint initiative called the ‘Big Catch-Up’ campaign.

Pakistan seemed finally on the verge of defeating polio. One of only two countries in the world where the virus remains endemic, Pakistan recorded no new infections for a little over a year ...

QUETTA: A new case of polio has been confirmed in Pakistan, raising the total number of cases in the country to 22 this year. The National Institute of Health reported that a two-and-a-half-year ...