Pakistan is one of the two remaining countries in the world where poliomyelitis (polio) is still categorized as an endemic viral infection, the other one...

introduction of polio vaccines in the 1950s, polio incidence declined rapidly. As of October 2023[update], only Pakistan and Afghanistan remain endemic...

Polio eradication, the goal of permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes...

Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and a weakened...

to the re-emergence of polio in Pakistan, with Pakistan having by far the largest number of polio cases in the world by 2014. In September of 2012, after...

of Pakistan, appointed Aseefa as a Pakistan's ambassador for the national polio eradication campaign. Her role as polio eradication ambassador in Pakistan...

2014, and Africa was declared polio free in 2020. The only countries with endemic polio were Afghanistan and Pakistan as of 2021[update]. Eradication...

guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan". Associated Press. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024. "Pakistan police arrest key suspect in gang...

two polio vaccines has eliminated wild poliomyelitis in all but two countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan), the legacy of poliomyelitis remains in the development...

The 2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak is an ongoing outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the Gaza Strip, first discovered...

malnutrition in Pakistani children is a factor in lowered resistance to disabling diseases and reduced efficacy of the polio vaccine. Polio has had drastic...

ultimately unsuccessful, and lead to a rise in vaccine hesitancy and eventual re-emergence of polio in Pakistan. In January 2011 CIA contractor Raymond Allen...

Hilal-e-Pakistan (lit. 'Crescent of Pakistan,,ہلا لے پاکستان ') is the second-highest civil award (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") of the Islamic Republic...

numbers of cases in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. In October 2019, continuing cases of wild polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in addition to new...

deadly attacks by militants against vaccination workers in Pakistan. Efforts to eradicate polio have furthermore been disrupted by American drone strikes...

development in Malawi. The ALFI Foundation is a major supporter of UNICEF's efforts to eliminate polio in Pakistan. WalesOnline (2012-02-06). "Pakistani billionaire...

Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae. There...

dengue in India, polio in Pakistan, disability in Malaysia, and COVID-19 in many countries remain a problem. In the United States, it was estimated in 1989...

eligible to contest any seat. In 2002, he was appointed as the ambassador of Pakistan for the eradication of polio by Pakistan's Ministry of Health and the...

eradicate polio in Pakistan. Since 2014, more than hundreds of millions of polio vaccine were delivered to around 71 million children in Pakistan. See Migrant...

now-discredited hypothesis, the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures, accidentally contaminated with simian...

newspaper The Guardian in July 2011. CIA's fake vaccination campaign in turned greatly harmed Pakistan polio vaccine drive in the tribal areas. Experts...

of polio in Afghanistan were from Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan, and were genetically linked to cases in Pakistan. All cases of polio in these...

PSA to encourage vaccination against polio in Pakistan. He moved to New York again after college and worked in advertising as a copywriter at Saatchi...

Honour killings in Pakistan are known locally as karo-kari (Urdu: کاروکاری). According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour...

epidemics. In 2011, Ryan left the WHO and returned to Galway, Ireland, to work on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in Pakistan, Afghanistan...

[kəˈraːtʃi] ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over...

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; Urdu: پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف, lit. 'Pakistan Movement for Justice') is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996...

Organized crime in Pakistan refers to the activities of groups of organized crime in Pakistan. The Pakistani mafia is spread across many countries and...

(KPK). Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) 2021-2023 was launched in 2021 in line with GPEI Polio Eradication...