World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the ongoing polio vaccination campaign in Gaza as a "massive success" on Friday, after half a million children in the territory received a first dose, despite the war.
The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors magnify Pakistan’s challenge.
Chris Seeks Reason Why No Access To Vaccination Programme For Over 80sChristopher Chope Conservative, ChristchurchTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination…
More than 100 police personnel who provide security for polio vaccination teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district went on strike on Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week.
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Pakistan launched an emergency vaccination drive after the first case of polio in 16 years was reported in the capital. As the campaign began, an attack on an anti-polio team killed two people and injured a third.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A polio worker and a policeman were killed on Wednesday after unidentified gunmen ambushed a team of polio vaccinators in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the northwest, killing an officer and a polio worker
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the northwest, killing an officer and a polio worker. No one immediately…
Targeting vaccination programs for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to older adults with underlying health conditions is a cost-effective way to reduce disease, according to a new modelling study https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503…
The MMR jab is freely available through the NHS, but the number of children in Nottinghamshire being given the vaccine is below the 95 percent needed to suppress outbreaks