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...

(/ˌpoʊlioʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 75% of...

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

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

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is an initiative created in 1988, just after the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate the disease poliomyelitis...

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

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...

protect polio workers in Pakistan's northwest". Associated Press. 3 June 2024. "Pakistan's Imran Khan is acquitted of leaking state secrets but remains in prison...

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

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