Yemen Launches Door-to-Door Polio Vaccination Campaign for 4 Million Children
4 years ago

Yemen Launches Door-to-Door Polio Vaccination Campaign for 4 Million Children

News 18  

Yemen’s health authorities have launched a polio vaccination campaign for more than 4 million children in the north of the war-torn country. The three-day campaign launched on Saturday is supported by the World Health Organization, Unicef and other international aid agencies, Xinhua news agency quoted the authorities as saying. In August this year, a polio outbreak was declared in Yemen after 15 cases of vaccine derived poliovirus type 1 were reported. Yemen has been mired in civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi group seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour out of the capital Sanaa.

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Polio outbreak in Pakistan: This year’s tally at 50, new case from area where gunmen targeted health workers
1 month ago

Polio outbreak in Pakistan: This year’s tally at 50, new case from area where gunmen targeted health workers

Firstpost  

Pakistan has reported its 50th polio case of the year. AP Pakistan detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year, officials said Wednesday. The latest case was detected in Tank, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where militants often target polio workers and police …

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'

Daily Mail  

Israel has hit back at claims that it targeted a Gaza vaccine clinic after four children were left wounded in a strike. The four children were among six people who were injured Saturday when a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza was targeted. Palestinian children receive polio vaccination as a part of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign …

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks

Al Jazeera  

Six people, including four children, injured in strike on polio vaccination center in northern Gaza. The UN's agency for children (UNICEF) said the vaccination campaign against the virus resumed in northern Gaza after multiple delays, but achieving this target is now unlikely due to access constraints.

Pakistan begins new nationwide polio vaccination campaign after surge in new cases
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan begins new nationwide polio vaccination campaign after surge in new cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination …

Two New Polio Cases Detected in Sindh, Pakistan
2 months ago

Two New Polio Cases Detected in Sindh, Pakistan

The Hindu  

Pakistan reports two new polio cases, bringing the tally to 39 this year. The cases were confirmed in the Sindh province, marking the first polio cases in the province since April. The latest cases are a girl and a boy, and come after four cases were reported a day earlier. Pakistan has reported 39 cases of poliovirus this year, with …

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
3 months, 1 week ago

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. “The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is aware of the recent policy discussions on shifting from house-to-house polio vaccination campaigns to site-to-site vaccination in parts of Afghanistan,” said Dr. Hamid Jafari from the WHO. “The overall women’s inclusion in vaccination campaigns remains around …

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN
3 months, 1 week ago

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN

ABP News  

United Nations, Sep 14 The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Friday said the World Health Organization reported that the first round of the emergency vaccination campaign in the north, central, and southern zones …

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

Associated Press  

The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Those three paragraphs focus on the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for Hamas’ Israeli hostages during the first phase of the three-phased cease-fire deal. Netanyahu has …

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — The much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Sunday. While a first group of babies received polio vaccinations in Gaza on Saturday, the program officially started a day later in Gaza’s “middle areas,” according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. During a news conference organized by the Ministry …

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination

CNN  

CNN — Israel has agreed to a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza in September to allow young children in the enclave to be vaccinated for polio, according to United Nations and Israeli officials. Sandra Rasheed, Anera’s country director for Palestine, told CNN the convoy was carrying medical supplies and fuel to the Emirati Red Crescent hospital in Gaza …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel’s military on Sunday said …

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications
4 months ago

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications

Hindustan Times  

Last week, a two-and-a-half-year-old child in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills tested positive for poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio. Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a strain of poliovirus that has mutated from the strain originally contained in oral polio vaccines. However, the reporting of vaccine-derived cases does not indicate the return of wild polio, which was officially eradicated in India in 2014, as …

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war
4 months ago

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war

LA Times  

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip walk through a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of Khan Yunis. The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak. Polio …

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
4 months, 1 week ago

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman …

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years
4 months, 1 week ago

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

CNN  

CNN — Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict to make way for a vaccination drive. Two rounds of vaccination are expected to be launched this month and next across Gaza, UNICEF said in a news …

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s health ministry calls for ‘immediate intervention to end the aggression and find radical solutions’ to the health emergency. Gaza’s health ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave, blaming Israel’s devastating military offensive for the spread of the deadly virus. In a statement on Telegram, the ministry on Monday said the situation “poses a health threat to …

Pakistan launches year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan launches year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign

Al Jazeera  

The three-day drive aims to immunise more than 44 million children under the age of five against the viral disease. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has launched its first nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year, aiming to immunise more than 44 million children under the age of five to protect them from the viral disease. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday …

Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases
2 years ago

Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistani authorities launched a new …

Nine million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa
2 years, 9 months ago

Nine million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa

The Hindu  

A drive to vaccinate more than nine million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. “This is the first case of wild polio detected in Africa for more than five years and UNICEF is working closely with governments and partners to do everything possible …

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa
2 years, 9 months ago

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. “This is the first case of wild polio detected in Africa for more than five years and UNICEF is working closely with governments and …

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa
2 years, 9 months ago

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa

LA Times  

An urgent campaign to vaccinate more than 9 million children in Africa against polio is underway. UNICEF, the World Health Organization and other partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initia- tive are supporting governments with the vaccination drive after it was confirmed in February that a 3-year-old girl was paralyzed by wild polio virus in Lilongwe. We are working with …

We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now
3 years, 6 months ago

We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now

Al Jazeera  

We have come a long way in defeating polio in the last 30 years and we should not allow the COVID-19 pandemic to undo these achievements. This progress is a testament to the collaboration between health workers, governments and donors around the world, and the coordinating efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which Rotary helped found in 1988. During …

World Polio Day 2020: Everything You Need to Know About Polio
4 years, 2 months ago

World Polio Day 2020: Everything You Need to Know About Polio

News 18  

World Polio Day is observed every year on 24 October to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, the American virologist who helped create the world’s first safe and effective polio vaccine. Salk’s vaccine was invented in 1955 but it was with the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 by the World Health Organization, Rotary International and others …

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today
4 years, 3 months ago

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today

Al Jazeera  

As the world battles a pandemic, Africa has become polio free. With no recorded cases since 2016, the African region has received certification as wild polio virus free by the World Health Organization – and this is one of the greatest achievements in public health history. Delivering polio vaccines to every child in the African region and wiping out the …

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today
4 years, 3 months ago

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today

Al Jazeera  

As the world battles a pandemic, Africa has become polio free. With no recorded cases since 2016, the African region has received certification as wild polio virus free by the World Health Organization – and this is one of the greatest achievements in public health history. Delivering polio vaccines to every child in the African region and wiping out the …

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