The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed detection of ...

Poliovirus has been detected in sewerage lines across 12 districts in three Pakistani provinces. The National Institute of ...

Pakistan's Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the country's National Institute of Health has confirmed ...

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

Also, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is meeting this week to discuss polio vaccines and other ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs). These particles mimic the outer protein ...

Pakistan Polio Eradication Prog­ramme holds event to recognise role of female health workers in polio eradication initiatives ...

There’s another form of the vaccine called the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). It contains weakened virus. OPV is used in other countries where the risk of polio is high. It's easier to give to a ...

Related: What UNICEF and partners are doing to end polio Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic. In both countries, community health and other ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated the government’s resolve to purge the country of poliovirus ...

PharmaJet Tropis Needle-free Delivery System used to immunize an additional 1.5 million children in latest WHO campaign to ...