HERAT, Afghanistan -- In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to ...
Bill Gates said the goal is to eradicate polio globally by 2029. The campaign is within about $440 million of what is needed ...
PharmaJet has been awarded a UNICEF tender to support WHO and Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners. This is the first large-scale implementation of intradermal (ID) polio immunization ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- For nearly four decades, the World Health Organization and partners have been trying to rid the world of polio, a paralytic disease that has existed since prehistoric times.
International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...
The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are seeing an ...
Two-year-old Farid should have been vaccinated against polio, but his family -- like many in rural Afghanistan -- believed the conspiracy theories and refused to have him inoculated. Polio ...
KARACHI, Pakistan — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...