(Along the Laos/Vietnam Border) — A polio outbreak has Lao health officials on high alert and determined to vaccinate thousands of children nationwide, as well as adults in high-risk areas. This comes 15 years after the country was declared free...
The team had gone missing earlier in the week. “Local militants had abducted the vaccination worker, two local tribal policemen and a driver in the Zhob district of Baluchistan province on Saturday. Pakistan is one of only three countries where...
Polio can be defeated, but there have been setbacks.
The Obama administration says it is finally — mercifully — no longer permitting its intelligence agencies from using vaccine campaigns as a ruse to collect intelligence. The decision was made after public outcry from health institutions who say that the...
Not long ago polio was on the retreat. India, which historically accounted for most polio infections worldwide was certified polio free. Rates of transmissions and infections were at an all time low around the world. Only three countries remained endemic:...
Front line workers are under attack
India is three years Polio-free.
The world pays tribute to a group putting their lives on the line to end polio.
The first outbreak in 14 years is the consequence of a health system destroyed by civil war.