“We cannot implement house-to-house vaccination,” Jafari stated, referencing the ban imposed by Taliban authorities on polio teams over security concerns. “The program is working closely with [Taliban ...

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The alarming surge in cases prompted Pakistan to conduct a countrywide anti-polio vaccination drive from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, aiming to inoculate over 45 million children against the infection.

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The official said polio teams didn’t have an easy job as two police officers were killed in the October vaccination campaign, which took the death toll from such attacks since 2012 to more than 110.

The illness invades the nervous system and causes paralysis or even death. While there is no cure for polio, vaccination is the most effective way to protect children from the disease, Geo News ...

KAMPALA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Ministry of Health on Thursday launched the second round of polio vaccination targeting 2.7 million children under five years old in the eastern part of the ...