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TopicPolio

Topic: Polio

WHO warns of cross-border transmission as polio cases spike in Afghanistan, Pakistan

WHO confirmed 9 new cases of polio in the two countries, raising alarm over cross-border transmission due to refugee movements & limited access to vulnerable populations.

Amid pauses in fighting, WHO continues polio vaccination to Gaza children, says ahead of target

The campaign has been hastened after the discovery of the 1st polio case in a Gazan baby last month, 25 years after its eradication.

Polio in war-torn Gaza is concerning. High vaccination coverage not enough to eliminate it

Wild polio was eradicated from Gaza over 25 years ago. The re-emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus could be due to a combination of poor hygiene and sanitation, as seen in Uttar Pradesh, and low vaccine coverage.

Pakistan can’t win the fight against polio till it beats the anti-vaxxer sentiment

Though Karachi is a historic polio reservoir, most of the recent cases have been from North Waziristan, a Pakistani Taliban stronghold till recently.

Polio virus in Kolkata sewage came from vaccinated individual, not cause for alarm, says WHO

India faces a 'threat' of importation of wild and vaccine-derived polio viruses, but Kolkata sample not a public health worry, according to World Health Organization.

8 yrs after being ‘polio-free’, fresh scare for India as virus is found in Kolkata sewage

India was declared polio-free by WHO in 2014. Polio vaccine is a live attenuated virus, which suggests the virus can be detected in samples collected from areas with high vaccination rates.

India to inoculate all Afghanistan returnees with polio vaccines, Mansukh Mandaviya says

An IAF aircraft Sunday evacuated 169 people, including 107 Indians, from Kabul amid a deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital following a takeover by the Taliban.

Telegram to Instagram — India’s anti-vaxxer group is growing for the first time. That’s bad

India — the country that defeated polio — now has a thriving Covid anti-vaxxer group.

Global Covid vaccine plan can take a lesson from polio campaign

Polio triggered no pandemics, no economic crashes. Yet the large-scale campaign against what was once called infantile paralysis is arguably the closest precedent to today’s effort.

US President Trump’s WHO exit endangers fight against polio, tuberculosis along with Covid

The US contributed about 15% of the WHO’s funding to wipe out polio in 2018-19 and roughly 32% of the money used to tackle tuberculosis, according to WHO.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.