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.