World Health Organization reports 64 polio infections this year: 41 in Pakistan and 23 in Afghanistan, up from six each in ...

According to the WHO’s latest report, the new polio sample was identified in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province.

The report noted that a total of 71 polio cases have been documented, with 23 occurring in Afghanistan and 48 in Pakistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only two countries in the world where ...

In neighbouring Afghanistan, at least 18 polio cases have been confirmed this year, according to the World Health Organization. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the world’s last two countries where ...

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, ...

“The fatwas have had a great impact,” Qureshi said. Yet, as Pakistan and Afghanistan seek to eradicate polio, misinformation remains a key hurdle. While immunization rates are generally high ...

The World Health Organization has confirmed 18 polio cases in Afghanistan this year, all but two in the south of the country. That’s up from six cases in 2023. Afghanistan used a house-to-house ...

Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...

A child is given a dose of anti-polio vaccine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2024. The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a three-day vaccination campaign ...

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

Seventy-six districts were affected in all, the program said. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio ...