Commitment to eradicating polio reaffirmed

Commitment to eradicating polio reaffirmed

A lady health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio eradication campaign in Hyderabad. — Online/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is set to launch a five-day anti-polio campaign from May 26, aiming to vaccinate approximately 7.3 million children under the age...

Polio Eradication Imperilled By $2.3 Billion Funding Gap - Health Policy Watch

The world’s leading polio eradication programme faces a 40% budget cut next year as the paralysis-causing virus surges in its last strongholds of Afghanistan and Pakistan and war-torn regions, threatening to reverse decades of progress toward eradicating the disease. “The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is facing a 40% budget cut in 2026,” Dr Hanan Balkhy, […]