South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’: UN health agency

New York: Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis.

Pakistan: Polio worker killed in Chaman

Karachi, Apr 26 (IBNS): Polio eradication teams were attacked by unknown men in Pakistan's  Sindh and Balochistan areas, media reports said on Friday.

Nigeria reports first polio cases since 2014, highlighting urgency of immunization – UN health agency

New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United Nations health agency on Thursday stressed the need to prioritize immunization of children in hard-to-reach areas such as the Lake Chad region, spanning several countries and often affected by conflict.

World’s largest, fastest vaccine rollout targets polio’s ‘final strongholds’ – UN initiative

New York, Apr 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Holt In a massive undertaking aimed at stamping out polio once and for all – dubbed ‘the switch’ – a United Nations-backed eradication initiative will next week begin the largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a vaccine into routine immunization programmes in history.

World’s largest, fastest vaccine rollout targets polio’s ‘final strongholds’ – UN initiative

New York, Apr 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Holt In a massive undertaking aimed at stamping out polio once and for all – dubbed ‘the switch’ – a United Nations-backed eradication initiative will next week begin the largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a vaccine into routine immunization programmes in history.