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UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 18 hours ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding of four others carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
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5 polio vaccination workers killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar prov
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): As many as five health workers were killed and four others wounded in five separate shooting incidents during a polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
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Ignorance stands before Pakistan's polio challenge
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Amid Pakistan's inability to stamp out religious extremism, the surging attack on the country's polio vaccine workers is hurting the government's vaccination drive.
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Thousands of 'invisible children' in Pakistan still susceptible to
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): George Laryea-Adjei, the Regional Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said there are still hundreds of thousands of 'invisible children' who are susceptible to polio and must be vaccinated.
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More efforts needed to end polio in Pakistan, says Polio Oversight
Updated : 4 days, 9 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): More efforts are needed to reach the levels of government leadership, drive, and use of real-time data to beat Polio in Pakistan, believed the disease monitoring body of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
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WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines
Updated : 5 days, 11 hours ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed the Philippines on Friday for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian country.
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Pak: 2 cops protecting polio team shot dead in Mardan
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccinations workers in the Mardan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were shot dead, police said.
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Assam CM slams Congress over Polio immunisation programme during t
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi, 03, June 2021 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday slammed the Congress party for its policy on the Polio immunisation programme during its term in power.
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Tedros extends condolences to kin of women medics killed in Afghan
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended condolences to the kin of the polio vaccinators who were killed while on duty in Afghanistan.
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Jeremy Strong to play polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk in 'Splend
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): American actor Jeremy Strong, widely known for his role in the HBO hit series 'Succession', will essay the role of Dr Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, in the upcoming biographical movie 'Splendid Solution'.
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EU calls for justice against perpetrators who killed 3 women in Af
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30 (ANI): The European Union has called for justice against the perpetrators who killed three women medics vaccinating the locals against polio in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, security forces on Tuesday.
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Yavatmal sanitiser incident 'unforgivable mistake', says Maharasht
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday condemned the "unforgivable mistake" in which 12 children, aged between one and five, were administered hand sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in Yavatmal.
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