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Articles for tag: Child, cripples, Karachi, Polio, virus

November 12, 2023

News Desk

Polio virus cripples another child in Karachi

A health worker marks the arm of a child after giving him a polio vaccine. — Reuters/File Wild poliovirus 1 affects a two-and-a-half-year-old baby. This is the fifth case of polio this year in Pakistan. The child who contracted polio was an Afghan national. Another child was maimed by the polio virus in Karachi’s Gadap town, bringing the number of cases to six in Pakistan this year. The news health officials were quoted as saying on Sunday. “A 31-month-old boy was infected with wild polio virus 1 at the notorious UC-4 Gujro, Gadap town in East Karachi district. It is

November 10, 2023

News Desk

Nine samples come back positive for polio virus across Pakistan

A health worker in Pakistan giving polio drops to a child.— Reuters/File Four cases tested positive in Karachi, two in Chaman. One case was identified from Peshawar, Kohat, Nowshera. The number of positive environmental samples is 64. KARACHI: As many as nine environmental samples, collected from five cities including Karachi in October, have tested positive for the polio virus, taking this year’s toll in Pakistan to 64. The news reported on Friday. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad, detection of wild polio virus type 1 (WPV1) was confirmed in four samples from Karachi, two from Chaman and

March 29, 2023

The Pakistan Daily

17.41 million children vaccinated in first phase of Polio drive

The government has successfully completed the first phase of the polio vaccination campaign to immunize more than 17.41 million children under the age of five in Sindh and Punjab. The five-day vaccination campaign was held in two phases due to the concurring activities of the seventh national census. In the first phase, over 17.41 million children under the age of five in 13 districts of Punjab and 16 districts of Sindh and Islamabad were vaccinated from the 13th to 17th of this month. The second phase will be held from 03rd to 07th of next month to vaccinate more than

March 20, 2023

The Pakistan Daily

French Agency to provide $55m to Pakistan for polio eradication

French Development Agency has pledged 55 million dollars to support the polio eradication programme in Pakistan. This was announced during a visit by the delegation of the French agency and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication in Islamabad. The French Development Agency delegation was headed by Director of Health and Social Protection, Agnès Soucat while the Gates Foundation delegation was led by Global Head for Polio Eradication, Jay Wegner. The delegation members appreciated Pakistan’s progress in polio eradication and pledged their support to keep the country on track to interrupt the transmission

December 2, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

PM Shehbaz reaffirms govt’s commitment to eradicate polio

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says government of Pakistan is firmly committed for polio eradication from the country. Talking to a delegation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in Islamabad on Thursday, he reassured unwavering support and commitment to eradicate polio from Pakistan. He said Polio has been eradicated from most parts of the country except certain pockets, which are being targeted through period vaccination campaigns. He said keeping the political differences aside, the whole country stands united to make Pakistan polio free. The Prime Minister said Pakistan will continue its efforts until the last child is vaccinated and Pakistan is

October 24, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Week-long anti-polio campaign with special focus on flood-hit areas begins today

A nationwide anti-polio campaign of varied duration with a special focus on flood-affected areas begins on Monday. A week-long anti-polio campaign is being carried out in 14 districts of Punjab including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Khushab, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Layya, Multan, Muzaffaragarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. In Sindh, around 6.5 million children under five years of age will be given oral polio vaccine drops during the drive. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a three-day anti-polio campaign will commence in 28 districts. In Balochistan, 1.7 million children up to the age of five years will be administered anti polio drops

October 11, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Govt ensuring effective measures for polio eradication: Qadir Patel

Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel has said the government is ensuring effective measures under a coordinated strategy for polio eradication from the country. He was talking to the President of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Cairo. They exchanged views on Pakistan’s efforts for polio eradication. The Minister said that the government of Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is determined to eliminate polio virus from the country.

August 16, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Two policemen guarding polio team in KP martyred

ISLAMABAD: Two policemen were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, according to police officials on Tuesday. Unknown miscreants riding on a motorcycle opened fire at the police personnel assigned to guard the polio vaccination team in the Kot Azam area of Tank district of the province on Tuesday, Asghar Khan, a senior police official in the area, told Xinhua. He said that the attackers fled the scene after carrying out the attack, and a search operation for the culprits is underway. Earlier on Monday, a 10-day polio vaccination campaign was launched in the district to

June 24, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

Another polio case confirmed in North Waziristan

Health authorities on Friday confirmed that they had detected the poliovirus active in another child. This is the 11th case to be confirmed so far this year. According to a statement from the Federal Health Ministry, the latest case was detected in a toddler in North Waziristan. Stool samples taken from an eight-month-old toddler in Union Council-7 of Mir Ali in North Waziristan tested positive for the wild poliovirus (WPV) during tests conducted at laboratories of the National Institute of Health (NIH). So far, all cases detected in the country have been reported from North Waziristan. Of these, eight cases have

February 26, 2022

Hanif Samoon

Anti-polio drive to begin from Feb 28 in Thar: DHO Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain

MITHI: The PPP MPA Faqir Sher Mohammad Bilalani inaugurated the polio campaign starting from the 28th February to 4th March 2022 at Civil Hospital Mithi organized by the District Administration and District Health officer Tharparkar Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain. The Focal Person of EPI Dr Bharat Kumar, Assistant Commissioner Rajesh Kumar, Abdul Hameed Mughal, AMS CIVIL Hospital Mithi, Govt Girls Nursing Hostel In-charge Ms Safia Dr Abbas Ali Immunization Officer and WHO, Dr Sandeep of Polio Eradication, Rt. Dr Lekhraj Darzi, President of Rotary Club Mithi, Dr Nasrullah Thebo, Civil Surgeon Mithi , Medical Officers, WMOs, Polio Workers and others

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