Tag: Polio

Polio Returns To Pakistan, Afghanistan As Vaccinations Stall

January 25, 2025 admin

Poliomyelitis was responsible for paralysing and killing up to half a million people every year before the development of the poliovirus vaccine in 1955. By 2000, through mass vaccination campaigns of oral polio vaccines, the world had almost eradicated poiliovirus barring a few regions. However, the global fight against polio has encountered a significant setback,…

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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan’s Fight Against Polio: Report

September 24, 2024 admin

In a major setback to the efforts to eliminate the highly infectious polio disease in Afghanistan, the Taliban leadership has called off a nationwide vaccination campaign. The unexpected decision was taken by the Taliban government only a few days before the campaign was about to start. With 18 confirmed cases this year (three times the…

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Pakistan reports fourth polio case of year

June 2, 2024 admin

A woman receives polio drops while waiting to cross main Afghanistan-Pakistan land border crossing, in Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pakistan has reported the fourth polio case of the year, jolting the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease. The case was reported on Saturday as the government appointed a new head of the…

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Polio-Infected Man Has Survived Living Inside Iron Lung For 70 Years. Read His Story

September 1, 2023 admin

Paul Alexander is paralysed from the neck down since 1952 due to Polio. A man in the US has spent more than seven decades inside a 600-pound iron lung after being struck down by polio at the age of six. Paul Alexander has been paralysed from the neck down since 1952 due to the disease,…

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