Polio cases are resurging in 2025, with 6 new cases in Pakistan and 1 in Afghanistan. WHO warns of a potential 200,000 paralysis cases yearly if funding cuts continue.

World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Malawi polio-free following surveillance assessments that show no evidence of ...

The State of Qatar participated in the thirteenth meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Out ...

Qatar participated in the 13th meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks at the World Health ...

Two fresh cases of polio have been found in Jigawa State, Nigeria, marking the first appearance of the disease in the area ...

The WHO reported that over 100 children in Afghanistan and Pakistan were paralyzed last year due to wild poliovirus.

Dr Bonos Mohammed, Anambra State Coordinator for the World Health Organisation (WHO), has clarified that Nigeria continues to ...

The oral dose is cheap and widely used but can cause paralytic polio in areas with low coverage and poor health. The new vaccine does away with this danger.

Afghanistan has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign to immunize children under five and prevent the spread of this crippling disease.

Wazed highlighted that the WHO has maintained its status as wild poliovirus-free, while maternal and neonatal tetanus remain public health concerns. "We have successfully maintained our wild ...

The meeting addressed regional developments on polio eradication and issued a statement on stopping wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The statement reiterated that stopping ...