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How polio can be a global emergency when cases are at an all-time low

On Friday, the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization, voted that polio represents a global emergency at the very point at which cases of the deadly, paralysis-causing virus are at an...

28 May, 2012

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Majority of children in Pakistan hit by Hepatitis A

Ninety six percent of children in Pakistan contract Hepatitis A before the age of six years due to contaminated water. As per a research report published by Macter International, contaminated water, consumed by people...

28 May, 2012

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Muslim leaders enlisted to help stamp out polio

The last three countries where polio is still paralyzing children – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria – said on Thursday that they have enlisted Muslim women and religious leaders to allay fears of...

25 May, 2012

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WHO procures 2m doses of measles vaccine for EPI

The first consignment of 2 million doses of measles vaccine procured by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for routine immunisation in Pakistan arrived here Wednesday night. The next consignment of the remaining 1.1...

3 June, 2011

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