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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan's Fight Against Polio: Report
The Taliban's decision to halt door-to-door polio vaccinations in Afghanistan has jeopardized the nation's fight against the disease.
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Taliban Suspends Polio Vaccination In Afghanistan Despite Rise In Cases
The United Nations (UN) announced on Monday that the Taliban has suspended all polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Backs Polio Vaccine Campaign By WHO, UNICEF In Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.
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Afghan Returnees In India To Be Vaccinated Against Polio: Health Minister
India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.
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4 Shot Dead In "Targeted Attacks" On Afghanistan Polio Vaccinators
At least four people were killed Tuesday in a string of targeted attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the second assault on vaccinators in the area in less than three months.
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Pakistani Polio Vaccinators Caught Faking Data, Wasting Vaccines
A team of Pakistani polio vaccinators were caught faking data and wasting polio vaccines, the police said today.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Reports 2016's First Polio Cases: Reports
Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said today.
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Gunmen Kill Woman Anti-Polio Volunteer In Afghanistan
Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a female polio vaccination campaigner in Afghanistan today and seriously wounded her granddaughter, officials said.
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Africa Celebrates One Year Without Polio: United Nations
Africa has marked one year since the last case of recorded polio, with the United Nations celebrating today a key step towards eradicating the disease.
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India Risks Importing Polio from Pakistan, Afghanistan: Government
India runs a high risk of importing polio from its key neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan which have a high polio burden, the government today said.
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Pakistan Kills 34 Militants in Air Strikes
Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants today in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.
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Two-Year-Old Child in Pakistan Becomes First Victim of Polio in 2015
Pakistan's first polio case in 2015 was today reported with a two-year-old child from the restive Balochistan province becoming the latest victim of the crippling disease.
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Three New Polio Cases Surface in Pakistan on Awareness Day
Three more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, increasing the number of new cases in the country to a record 220, the WHO said on Friday as countries across the globe observed World Polio Day to raise awareness about the crippling disease.
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Amid Afghanistan's Escalating War, A Battle To Beat Polio
Tens of thousands of volunteers fanned out across Afghanistan this week, braving deteriorating security and distrusting parents to administer two chilled drops of the oral polio vaccine each to millions of children.
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Nigeria May Have No Polio Cases Next Year, Says Bill Gates
Nigeria could cut the number of polio cases to zero next year and be declared free of the disease in 2018 even though a national eradication campaign has had to contend with an insurgency in the north, Bill Gates told Reuters.
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Taliban Restrictions On Women Jeopardise Afghanistan's Fight Against Polio: Report
The Taliban's decision to halt door-to-door polio vaccinations in Afghanistan has jeopardized the nation's fight against the disease.
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Taliban Suspends Polio Vaccination In Afghanistan Despite Rise In Cases
The United Nations (UN) announced on Monday that the Taliban has suspended all polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Backs Polio Vaccine Campaign By WHO, UNICEF In Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.
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Afghan Returnees In India To Be Vaccinated Against Polio: Health Minister
India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.
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4 Shot Dead In "Targeted Attacks" On Afghanistan Polio Vaccinators
At least four people were killed Tuesday in a string of targeted attacks on polio workers in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the second assault on vaccinators in the area in less than three months.
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Pakistani Polio Vaccinators Caught Faking Data, Wasting Vaccines
A team of Pakistani polio vaccinators were caught faking data and wasting polio vaccines, the police said today.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Reports 2016's First Polio Cases: Reports
Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said today.
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Gunmen Kill Woman Anti-Polio Volunteer In Afghanistan
Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a female polio vaccination campaigner in Afghanistan today and seriously wounded her granddaughter, officials said.
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Africa Celebrates One Year Without Polio: United Nations
Africa has marked one year since the last case of recorded polio, with the United Nations celebrating today a key step towards eradicating the disease.
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India Risks Importing Polio from Pakistan, Afghanistan: Government
India runs a high risk of importing polio from its key neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan which have a high polio burden, the government today said.
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Pakistan Kills 34 Militants in Air Strikes
Pakistan's military said it killed 34 militants today in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.
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Two-Year-Old Child in Pakistan Becomes First Victim of Polio in 2015
Pakistan's first polio case in 2015 was today reported with a two-year-old child from the restive Balochistan province becoming the latest victim of the crippling disease.
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Three New Polio Cases Surface in Pakistan on Awareness Day
Three more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, increasing the number of new cases in the country to a record 220, the WHO said on Friday as countries across the globe observed World Polio Day to raise awareness about the crippling disease.
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Amid Afghanistan's Escalating War, A Battle To Beat Polio
Tens of thousands of volunteers fanned out across Afghanistan this week, braving deteriorating security and distrusting parents to administer two chilled drops of the oral polio vaccine each to millions of children.
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Nigeria May Have No Polio Cases Next Year, Says Bill Gates
Nigeria could cut the number of polio cases to zero next year and be declared free of the disease in 2018 even though a national eradication campaign has had to contend with an insurgency in the north, Bill Gates told Reuters.
