As Pakistan resumes polio vaccination drive, Covid-19 crisis brings fresh challenges

The nationwide campaign slated for April was delayed, affecting 40 million children.

Zofeen T Ebrahim, Dawn.com

· Jul 28, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Pakistan: Facebook blocks 31 pages and accounts for spreading propaganda against polio vaccine

On Monday, a rumour spread on social media that a one-year-old girl had died in Swabi province due to the polio vaccine.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 28, 2019 · 11:16 am

Pakistan suspends polio drive after attacks on vaccination teams

Earlier this week, a mob torched a health facility in Peshawar alleging that the anti-polio vaccine was infected.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 27, 2019 · 01:17 pm

Pakistan: Case against actor Fawad Khan for allegedly refusing polio vaccine for his child

However, Khan’s manager issued a statement saying that the actor and his wife were not at home when the vaccination team arrived.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 21, 2019 · 09:15 am

Polio: No shortage of vaccine, immunisation programme not postponed indefinitely, says Centre

The National Immunisation Day campaign was to be held on February 3, but will now be held at a later date.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 24, 2019 · 07:41 pm

Health Ministry says polio vaccines are safe, refutes rumours to stop giving children the dose

Polio vaccines are absolutely safe and have saved millions of children from disabling effects of polio, the ministry said.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2018 · 04:34 pm

India is rationing its new polio vaccine to counter a shortage, but even that is not working

The vaccine shortage has created the risk, though still rare, of children being infected with vaccine-derived poliovirus.

Priyanka Vora

· Mar 01, 2017 · 05:30 am

Why polio could return to India (no, not from Pakistan)

India has vaccinated all its children against polio. But the source of the polio virus – the lack of sanitation– remains a huge challenge.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 28, 2014 · 06:56 am