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Polio Vaccination Team Fired At In Pakistan's Balochistan Province
- Saturday August 5, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
A polio vaccination team and two policemen escorting it were attacked by three unknown assailants in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the police said. The attack occurred in Quetta's Qambrani road area.
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Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease.
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Polio Team, Suspected Of Collecting NRC Data, Held Hostage In UP
- Monday January 27, 2020
- Cities | ANI
Several officials in a polio vaccination team of health department were allegedly held hostage by some locals in Meerut after they suspected that the officials were collecting data for the National Population Register (NPR).
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Multiple Attacks On Vaccination Teams Leaves Pakistan Workers On Edge
- Saturday April 27, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Polio workers across Pakistan were told to remain vigilant Thursday after multiple attacks on vaccination teams killed at least three people this week during an ongoing push to eradicate the disease from the restive country.
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Pakistani Polio Vaccinators Caught Faking Data, Wasting Vaccines
- Monday November 19, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A team of Pakistani polio vaccinators were caught faking data and wasting polio vaccines, the police said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In UP, Probe Ordered
- Sunday September 30, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
After traces of poliovirus type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh to trace all children who were given the vaccine.
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Four Polio Vaccinators Shot Dead in Southwest Pakistan
- Wednesday November 26, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen opened fire on a team of polio vaccinators in Pakistan's restive southwest on Wednesday, killing four of them and forcing authorities to halt an immunization drive, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Jonas Salk 100th Birthday: Google Doodle Celebrates Scientist Who Developed Polio Vaccine
- Tuesday October 28, 2014
- World News | Jigme Palden Pazo
To mark the 100th birthday of the man behind the polio vaccine, Google featured a cartoon depiction of Jonas Salk on its search page. Born on October 18, 1914 the American researcher and virologist joined a team working on a vaccine against polio in 1942 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He went on to head the Virus Research La...
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Attack on Polio Team Kills One Policeman in North West Pakistan
- Wednesday September 10, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
A policeman escorting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest was shot dead by unidentified gunmen today, the latest in a series of targeted attacks against medical workers campaigning to eradicate the crippling disease.
- www.ndtv.com
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Three bomb blasts targeting Pakistan polio team kill 12
- Saturday March 1, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Twelve people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest exploded on Saturday, officials said, in the latest attack on efforts to combat the crippling disease.
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Gunmen kidnap six-member polio team in Pakistan
- Monday February 17, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Masked gunmen kidnapped a six-member polio vaccination team - a doctor, two local employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and three guards - in northwest Pakistan on Monday, an official said.
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Bomb targets Pakistani police patrol, kills seven
- Wednesday January 22, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
A Pakistani police officer says a bomb rigged to a bicycle has hit a police patrol on its way to guard a polio vaccination team, killing six policemen and a boy.
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Gunmen kill two polio workers in Pakistan
- Sunday June 16, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen kill policeman in Pakistan polio team attack
- Monday May 20, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in part of Pakistan's restive tribal regions on Monday, killing a policeman who was providing security, officials said.
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Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman during polio drive
- Wednesday April 10, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on people working on the UN-backed vaccination campaign, police said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Polio Vaccination Team Fired At In Pakistan's Balochistan Province
- Saturday August 5, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
A polio vaccination team and two policemen escorting it were attacked by three unknown assailants in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the police said. The attack occurred in Quetta's Qambrani road area.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease.
- www.ndtv.com
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Polio Team, Suspected Of Collecting NRC Data, Held Hostage In UP
- Monday January 27, 2020
- Cities | ANI
Several officials in a polio vaccination team of health department were allegedly held hostage by some locals in Meerut after they suspected that the officials were collecting data for the National Population Register (NPR).
- www.ndtv.com
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Multiple Attacks On Vaccination Teams Leaves Pakistan Workers On Edge
- Saturday April 27, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Polio workers across Pakistan were told to remain vigilant Thursday after multiple attacks on vaccination teams killed at least three people this week during an ongoing push to eradicate the disease from the restive country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pakistani Polio Vaccinators Caught Faking Data, Wasting Vaccines
- Monday November 19, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A team of Pakistani polio vaccinators were caught faking data and wasting polio vaccines, the police said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In UP, Probe Ordered
- Sunday September 30, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
After traces of poliovirus type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh to trace all children who were given the vaccine.
- www.ndtv.com
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Four Polio Vaccinators Shot Dead in Southwest Pakistan
- Wednesday November 26, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen opened fire on a team of polio vaccinators in Pakistan's restive southwest on Wednesday, killing four of them and forcing authorities to halt an immunization drive, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Jonas Salk 100th Birthday: Google Doodle Celebrates Scientist Who Developed Polio Vaccine
- Tuesday October 28, 2014
- World News | Jigme Palden Pazo
To mark the 100th birthday of the man behind the polio vaccine, Google featured a cartoon depiction of Jonas Salk on its search page. Born on October 18, 1914 the American researcher and virologist joined a team working on a vaccine against polio in 1942 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He went on to head the Virus Research La...
- www.ndtv.com
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Attack on Polio Team Kills One Policeman in North West Pakistan
- Wednesday September 10, 2014
- World News | Press Trust of India
A policeman escorting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest was shot dead by unidentified gunmen today, the latest in a series of targeted attacks against medical workers campaigning to eradicate the crippling disease.
- www.ndtv.com
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Three bomb blasts targeting Pakistan polio team kill 12
- Saturday March 1, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Twelve people were killed and 11 injured when three roadside bombs targeting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest exploded on Saturday, officials said, in the latest attack on efforts to combat the crippling disease.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen kidnap six-member polio team in Pakistan
- Monday February 17, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Masked gunmen kidnapped a six-member polio vaccination team - a doctor, two local employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and three guards - in northwest Pakistan on Monday, an official said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bomb targets Pakistani police patrol, kills seven
- Wednesday January 22, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
A Pakistani police officer says a bomb rigged to a bicycle has hit a police patrol on its way to guard a polio vaccination team, killing six policemen and a boy.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen kill two polio workers in Pakistan
- Sunday June 16, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen kill policeman in Pakistan polio team attack
- Monday May 20, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in part of Pakistan's restive tribal regions on Monday, killing a policeman who was providing security, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman during polio drive
- Wednesday April 10, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on people working on the UN-backed vaccination campaign, police said.
- www.ndtv.com