Expected to be the hardest, polio eradication was made possible in India thanks to social mobilisation and mapping of houses refusing the vaccine, according to Microsoft's Bill Gates. ‘The two things that were done super well …
Even as India is less than a year away from being declared polio free, experts on Thursday asked for cautious administration of vaccine to keep the virus in check. ‘India reported the last wild polio virus type 1 case in …
An awareness campaign on tuberculosis, similar to polio, is necessary to curb the easily preventable disease, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said. Speaking at the launch of National Forum on Tuberculosis, Dikshit said: …
India is building on its polio eradication campaign experience to ensure more children get vaccinated against measles. It is now more than two years since a child has been infected with polio in India, once considered the global …
Billionaires Bill Gates and Carlos Slim said that they planned to join forces to eradicate polio in six years. Gates, the founder of US tech giant Microsoft, said it was not often that you received a letter proposing to wipe out …
In what could be termed as one of the defining moments in the war against polio, banned Pakistani militant outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has announced that it would support the anti-polio drive based on the guarantee …
Over 400 eminent scientists from 80 countries have backed an ambitious global plan to eradicate polio, a disease that once maimed and killed millions across the world. The polio eradication campaign still has several hurdles …
Though India has not reported a single case of polio in the past two years, there is no room for complacency as the virus still exists in some neighbouring countries, officials said . ‘Polio still exists in Afghanistan, …
Physically-challenged swimmer Prakash Nadar from Mumbai was given a hero's welcome after he successfully completed a gruelling 42-km long 18-hour long swimathon on Saturday in a bid to create a new Guinness world record. Nadar, …
A physically handicapped man from the Worli slum here will make an unprecedented attempt to swim the 21-km stretch in the Arabian Sea from the Gateway of India to Rewas in mainland Raigad and make a return journey. Prakash M. …
India's health infrastructure has improved due to government's efforts, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday, highlighting that no new polio case has been detected in the country in the last two years. "In January 2013, we …
Aiming to continue its two-year run free from polio, India has stepped up vigilance at its borders to prevent the re-entry of the paralytic disease from Pakistan. Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) took India off the list …
6.4 million children in Karnataka received polio drops on Sunday. About 10 lakh could not be covered by the Pulse Polio drive because it was the weekend. However, they should receive their drops within the next three days. ‘We …
India has stepped up vigilance at its borders to prevent the re-entry of polio from Pakistan as it aims to continue its two-year run free from the paralytic disease. Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) took India off the …
