Polio Drive
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WHO delivers 1.2 million polio vaccine doses to Gaza after Israel agrees to 'humanitarian pauses'
World | August 30, 2024 15:08 ISTIsrael and Hamas agreed to a three-day pause in different areas of the Gaza Strip as the WHO will begin its polio vaccination campaign on September 1. This came after a 10-month-old baby was infected with a mutated strain of the virus, the first confirmed case in 25 years.
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Pakistan launches anti-polio drive as COVID-19 cases rise
World | January 24, 2022 17:40 ISTIn recent years, Pakistani militants have targeted polio teams and police escorting them, claiming falsely that the anti-polio drive is part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children or collect intelligence.
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Pulse Polio Programme 2021 begins across India
India | January 31, 2021 10:05 ISTOn Saturday, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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Know how Pakistan is going ahead with polio drive despite Taliban threats (watch pics)
World | July 12, 2014 12:59 ISTNew Delhi: Pakistan is the only country in the world where polio is on the rise. Polio cases in Pakistan rose by 37 percent in 2011 and Islamic militants can be blamed for this rise
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UN suspends polio drive in Pakistan after killings
World | December 20, 2012 16:26 ISTPeshawar, Dec 20: The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past two days, a U.N. official said.The suspension
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