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UNICEF launches polio campaign for 500,000 children in Darfur
29 Dec 2025 11:01 GMT
… to vaccinate more than half a million children against polio in … of five with the oral polio vaccine in Central and West Darfur … the second round of its polio vaccination campaign, adding that “every … million doses of the oral polio vaccine to a center in El …
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Pakistan: Polio outreach staff in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa oppose recruitment policy, seek fair access
28 Dec 2025 17:45 GMT
… in social mobilisation to address polio vaccination refusals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have … 's focal person for polio eradication, the National Emergency Operation … Centre (Polio), and provincial emergency operation centre …
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World News | Pakistan: Polio Outreach Staff in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oppose Recruitment Policy, Seek Fair Access
28 Dec 2025 17:25 GMT
… in social mobilisation to address polio vaccination refusals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have … 's focal person for polio eradication, the National Emergency Operation … Centre (Polio), and provincial emergency operation centre …
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Nearly 900,000 children missed in country’s last 2025 polio campaign
28 Dec 2025 17:14 GMT
… : Pakistan’s final nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of 2025 did not … declined vaccination.
Health authorities noted that no national or sub-national polio … children receive polio drops during every campaign, warning that missed vaccinations can …
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Local public health directors discuss measles, federal vaccine recommendations
28 Dec 2025 11:00 GMT
… administration considering changes to the vaccines recommended for infants, measles cases … other countries that require fewer vaccines.
Denmark’s recommendations were believed … because of measles, or getting polio. … This is nothing to mess …
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Nigeria faces growing vaccine hesitancy, says virologist
28 Dec 2025 10:46 GMT
… bearing fruits of vaccine hesitance and vaccine boycott.
An mRNAl vaccine is a … the misinformation and disinformation about vaccines.
“We must provide information about … other countries must continue to vaccinate against polio and maintain a high …
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Pakistan’s final anti-polio drive of 2025 ‘falls short of target’
28 Dec 2025 07:25 GMT
… 900,000 children without polio vaccination.
The last national polio campaign of the … Pakhtunkhwa.
Sources further stated that vaccination coverage remained below 95 per … 721,296 children unavailable for vaccination. Additionally, there were 53,621 …
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Polio-Free Afghanistan Calls for Mandatory Vaccination of All Returnees from Pakistan and Iran
28 Dec 2025 07:41 GMT
Afghanistan’s polio eradication body urged mandatory vaccination for all returnees from … .
Polio-Free Afghanistan Initiative has renewed calls for mandatory vaccination of … states.
Health officials said sustained vaccination coverage, particularly at border …
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Polio Vaccination Refusals Decline in KP, But Virus Threat Still Looms Large
26 Dec 2025 05:43 GMT
… during the fifth and final polio vaccination campaign of 2025. However, despite … misinformation and misconceptions about the polio vaccine continue to fuel hesitancy in … to ensure complete vaccination coverage. They stressed that eliminating polio from KP …
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Nepal ranked among top countries in Polio case surveilla...
27 Dec 2025 14:29 GMT
… performing countries in identifying suspected polio cases, demonstrating strong surveillance capacity … to nine years were administered polio vaccines last year. In Nepal, … weeks after birth, while injectable polio vaccines are administered at 14 weeks …