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Pakistan reports 3 new poliovirus cases, yearly tally rises to 55

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported three new poliovirus cases from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces taking the total number of infections this year to 55, according to a media report on Monday. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the three wild poliovirus type 1 cases, The Dawn newspaper reported. Dera Ismail Khan, …

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2 months ago

Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance: A Crucial Defense Against Polio in India

The Hindu

India's acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system is crucial for maintaining its polio-free status. The system involves a comprehensive network of healthcare workers, laboratories, and environmental surveillance units to detect and investigate any signs of AFP. AFP surveillance is essential to enable the early detection of poliovirus, even in areas with robust immunisation programmes, as it allows the country to …

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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 …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Setback for Pakistan as Islamabad reports first polio case in 16 years

India TV News

Islamabad: In a major setback for Pakistan's efforts to eradicate the poliovirus, authorities on Friday confirmed the first polio case in the capital Islamabad in the last 16 years. “This is the first human case reported from Islamabad in the last 16 years,” an official statement said, adding that the newest case marked the 17th polio case this year in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel's military assault may trigger a polio epidemic in Gaza if vaccines can't reach people

Salon

During the recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago, half a dozen doctors assembled to protest the public health crisis caused by Israel's ongoing military onslaught in Gaza. "This is the correct vaccine for the current outbreak," Dr. William Haseltine, a pioneer in fighting HIV/AIDS and chair and president of the global health think tank Access Health International, told Salon. Dr. …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?

CNN

CNN — After six sewage samples taken in Gaza in late June tested positive for poliovirus, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that it was “just a matter of time” before the disease reached thousands of Palestinian children. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which manages the flow of aid into Gaza, previously said that …

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4 months ago

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?

The Hindu

The story so far: A two-year-old child in Tikrikilla, Meghalaya has been infected with vaccine-derived polio. Vaccine-derived polio is a rare condition that occurs when the weakened strain of poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccine mutates and regains the ability to cause paralysis. More about polio vaccines The first successful polio vaccine for poliovirus was made by Jonas Salk, …

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4 months ago

Centre says Meghalaya polio case is vaccine-derived

The Hindu

A case of vaccine-derived polio has been confirmed in a two-year-old child from Tikrikilla in Meghalaya. A senior official from the Union Health Ministry official emphasised on Tuesday that this is not a case of wild polio, but an infection that presents in some people with low immunity. High alert Officials in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district are on high …

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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 …

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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 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Meghalaya’s polio case derived from vaccine: Officials

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The case of polio confirmed in a child from West Garo Hills in Meghalaya on Tuesday involves what is termed vaccine-derived polio, which is not uncommon, confirmed an official from the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Wednesday. “It is a case of vaccine derived polio that has been detected in a 2.5 years old child …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege

The Hindu

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs describes biological weapons as those that “disseminate disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants”. Israel’s statement In the third week of July, Israel’s Health Ministry said it had found poliovirus particles in the sewage flowing out of Gaza. First, according to the UN, as of May 21, 2024, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO grants pre-qualification status to Biological E.’s novel oral polio vaccine type 2

The Hindu

The World Health Organisation has granted pre-qualification status to the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 of Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, Biological E. A next-generation live, attenuated oral vaccine promising to significantly reduce the risk of circulating vaccine-derived Poliovirus type 2 outbreaks, nOPV2 is intended for use in countries affected by cVDPV2. This vaccine has been specifically designed to address concerns …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Biological E receives WHO's Pre-qualification for their Novel Oral Polio Vaccine

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: In a monumental stride towards eradicating polio worldwide, Biological E. Limited, a Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company today announced that the World Health Organisation has granted Pre-qualification status to their Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2. nOPV2 is the 10th pre-qualified vaccine of BE. This next-generation live, attenuated oral vaccine significantly reduces the risk of circulating vaccine-derived Poliovirus type …

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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 …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

The Hindu

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that there was a high risk of the polio virus spreading across the Gaza Strip and beyond its borders, due to the dire health and sanitation situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. "There is a high risk of spreading of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus in Gaza, not only because …

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5 months ago

Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster

CNN

CNN — The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis. WHO said the findings are linked to the “disastrous sanitation situation” created by Israel’s brutal military assault in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of October 7. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

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5 months ago

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage

Al Jazeera

Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. Authorities in the central Gaza city of Deir …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease

Hindustan Times

At its worst, polio causes paralysis: 'Polio Paul' Alexander had to spend 70 years in an iron lung after surviving the disease as a child. There are two types of polio present in the world today: Wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus. Although vaccine-derived polio can take the form of any of the three types, type 1 is the only remaining …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Hindustan Times

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 will be conducted on March 3, Sunday across the country in all districts on Polio Day. The preparation for the polio immunization drive is on in full swings and health authorities in several states from Tamil Nadu, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Hindustan Times

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 will be conducted on March 3, Sunday across the country in all districts on Polio Day. The preparation for the polio immunization drive is on in full swings and health authorities in several states from Tamil Nadu, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Polio campaign in Pune from March 3-8

Hindustan Times

In a concerted effort to maintain India’s polio-free status and protect the children from poliovirus the Pune Municipal Corporation is gearing up for a mass campaign. The campaign will be held between March 3-8 and over 3.25 lakh children aged under five years will be vaccinated during the programme, said the officials. Dr Rajesh Dighe, chief immunization officer of PMC, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

The Hindu

In 1988, the World Health Assembly declared WHO’s commitment to global eradication of polio by 2000. Though the last case of type 2 wild poliovirus was reported in October 1999 from India, more than 90% of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks are due to type 2 virus present in oral polio vaccines. Yet, the number of vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus outbreaks have …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines

The Hindu

On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Global efforts since 1988, using oral polio vaccine to immunise children, have reduced wild poliovirus cases by 99.9%. The use of the oral polio vaccine containing attenuated or weakened virus, has brought the wild poliovirus …

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Pakistan reports 3 new poliovirus cases, yearly tally rises to 55

Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance: A Crucial Defense Against Polio in India

Two New Polio Cases Detected in Sindh, Pakistan

Setback for Pakistan as Islamabad reports first polio case in 16 years

Israel's military assault may trigger a polio epidemic in Gaza if vaccines can't reach people

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?

Centre says Meghalaya polio case is vaccine-derived

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications

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

Meghalaya’s polio case derived from vaccine: Officials

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege

WHO grants pre-qualification status to Biological E.’s novel oral polio vaccine type 2

Biological E receives WHO's Pre-qualification for their Novel Oral Polio Vaccine

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

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Polio campaign in Pune from March 3-8

Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines