Polio-Free Afghanistan urged parents returning from Pakistan to vaccinate their children at border points to prevent the ...

What's crucial to eradicate polio in the region, he said, is to address general health programs for women and children, not ...

The WHO 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. World & Nation.

Afghanistan recently suspended its house-to-house polio vaccination efforts. Whether or not vaccinations will resume is uncertain. This has significant implications, because polio remains a threat ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the ...

Pakistan has confirmed its 12th poliovirus case of the year, despite three nationwide vaccination campaigns. The latest victim is a young child from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, highlighting challenges in ...

A polio vaccinator vaccinates a boy among a group of returnees deported from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 11.

There have been 32 polio cases worldwide this year — four in Nigeria, 16 in Pakistan and 12 in Afghanistan. Of the Afghan cases, four — Khaksar and three others — are from this half-a-square ...

Since 1988, a dogged and very expensive international campaign has chased polio from most of the world. Afghanistan is one of only two countries in which the circulation of wild poliovirus has ...