World Health Organization reports 64 polio infections this year: 41 in Pakistan and 23 in Afghanistan, up from six each in ...

According to the WHO’s latest report, the new polio sample was identified in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province.

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, ...

The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a three-day vaccination campaign aimed at ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where the spread of polio has never been stopped. It is one of the world’s most infectious diseases, so it continues to spread ...

Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

Seventy-six districts were affected in all, the program said. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio ...

The campaign aims to protect 45 million children after a surge in new cases in one of two countries where it was never ...

A child is given a dose of anti-polio vaccine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2024. The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a three-day vaccination campaign ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where the spread of polio has never been stopped. In severe cases, polio can cause permanent paralysis and death. Pakistan on ...

Running from Monday to Wednesday, the campaign will provide anti-polio drops to children in 16 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, said Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the ministry.