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Polio Campaign Proves Ineffective In Pakistan As Nearly 1 Million Children Remain Unvaccinated
- Thursday February 12, 2026
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Nearly one million children were missed and more than 53,000 families refused vaccination during Pakistan's latest nationwide polio campaign, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of eradication efforts, a report h
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Pakistan Reports 16th Polio Case Of 2024, To Launch Vaccination Campaign
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan reported another case of poliovirus after a child was paralysed in the Sindh province, increasing the country's total tally to 16 in 2024, an official told the media on Friday.
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Parents In Pakistan To Face Fine, Jail Term For Refusing Polio Vaccination To Children
- Wednesday September 6, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
Parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated could be sentenced to a month in prison and fined 50,000 Pakistani rupees (Rs 13, 487).
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Polio Vaccination Team Fired At In Pakistan's Balochistan Province
- Saturday August 5, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
A polio vaccination team and two policemen escorting it were attacked by three unknown assailants in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the police said. The attack occurred in Quetta's Qambrani road area.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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Multiple Attacks On Vaccination Teams Leaves Pakistan Workers On Edge
- Saturday April 27, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Polio workers across Pakistan were told to remain vigilant Thursday after multiple attacks on vaccination teams killed at least three people this week during an ongoing push to eradicate the disease from the restive country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak Woman Polio Vaccinator Shot Dead, Fourth Such Incident This Week
- Thursday April 25, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator on Thursday, the fourth this week in the latest surge of violence against efforts to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, an official said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen In Pakistan Kill Mother, Daughter Working To Eradicate Polio
- Thursday January 18, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Gunmen in Pakistan shot and killed two women working on a polio eradication campaign on Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks on efforts to protect children from the crippling and sometimes deadly disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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7 Pakistani Policemen Killed During Anti-Polio Drive
- Wednesday April 20, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Unidentified gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing seven of them, in the latest violence against efforts to eradicate the crippling childhood disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Reports 2016's First Polio Cases: Reports
- Saturday February 6, 2016
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan Polio Drive Postponed Till Next Week
- Thursday October 29, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A four-day drive against polio scheduled to be launched in Pakistan's Sindh province had to be postponed until November due to the refusal by police to provide security to polio workers, the media reported today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
- Saturday August 8, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Three New Polio Cases Surface in Pakistan on Awareness Day
- Saturday October 25, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
Three more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, increasing the number of new cases in the country to a record 220, the WHO said on Friday as countries across the globe observed World Polio Day to raise awareness about the crippling disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
- Friday October 24, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan Records Maximum Cases of Polio This Year
- Saturday October 4, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
Eight new polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, taking the number of those affected by the crippling disease this year to 202, surpassing the previous high of 199 cases recorded in 2000, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Polio Campaign Proves Ineffective In Pakistan As Nearly 1 Million Children Remain Unvaccinated
- Thursday February 12, 2026
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Nearly one million children were missed and more than 53,000 families refused vaccination during Pakistan's latest nationwide polio campaign, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of eradication efforts, a report h
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www.ndtv.com/health
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Pakistan Reports 16th Polio Case Of 2024, To Launch Vaccination Campaign
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan reported another case of poliovirus after a child was paralysed in the Sindh province, increasing the country's total tally to 16 in 2024, an official told the media on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Parents In Pakistan To Face Fine, Jail Term For Refusing Polio Vaccination To Children
- Wednesday September 6, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
Parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated could be sentenced to a month in prison and fined 50,000 Pakistani rupees (Rs 13, 487).
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www.ndtv.com
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Polio Vaccination Team Fired At In Pakistan's Balochistan Province
- Saturday August 5, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
A polio vaccination team and two policemen escorting it were attacked by three unknown assailants in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the police said. The attack occurred in Quetta's Qambrani road area.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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Multiple Attacks On Vaccination Teams Leaves Pakistan Workers On Edge
- Saturday April 27, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Polio workers across Pakistan were told to remain vigilant Thursday after multiple attacks on vaccination teams killed at least three people this week during an ongoing push to eradicate the disease from the restive country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak Woman Polio Vaccinator Shot Dead, Fourth Such Incident This Week
- Thursday April 25, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator on Thursday, the fourth this week in the latest surge of violence against efforts to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, an official said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen In Pakistan Kill Mother, Daughter Working To Eradicate Polio
- Thursday January 18, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Gunmen in Pakistan shot and killed two women working on a polio eradication campaign on Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks on efforts to protect children from the crippling and sometimes deadly disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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7 Pakistani Policemen Killed During Anti-Polio Drive
- Wednesday April 20, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Unidentified gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing seven of them, in the latest violence against efforts to eradicate the crippling childhood disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Reports 2016's First Polio Cases: Reports
- Saturday February 6, 2016
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan Polio Drive Postponed Till Next Week
- Thursday October 29, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A four-day drive against polio scheduled to be launched in Pakistan's Sindh province had to be postponed until November due to the refusal by police to provide security to polio workers, the media reported today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
- Saturday August 8, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Three New Polio Cases Surface in Pakistan on Awareness Day
- Saturday October 25, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
Three more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, increasing the number of new cases in the country to a record 220, the WHO said on Friday as countries across the globe observed World Polio Day to raise awareness about the crippling disease.
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www.ndtv.com
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
- Friday October 24, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan Records Maximum Cases of Polio This Year
- Saturday October 4, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
Eight new polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, taking the number of those affected by the crippling disease this year to 202, surpassing the previous high of 199 cases recorded in 2000, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com