Page 5 - Polio

Bill Gates discusses resumption of Pakistan's polio drive with Army chief

Pakistan halted the drive against polio in March and resumed it last month amid a decline in infections and fatalities from Covid-19

UP to replicate Pulse Polio immunisation model to flatten Covid-19 curve

Special health teams will be deployed for door-to-door survey of households to identify suspected coronavirus cases and the risk profiling of the vulnerable groups

Polio and measles could surge after disruption of vaccine programs

The problem of slipping vaccine rates is not limited to developing countries

Give priority to coronavirus, but focus on malaria, polio too: WHO

The global number of those infected with coronavirus has increased by almost 85,000 in the past 24 hours, climbing to 2,804,796 Covid-19 cases

Pakistan suspends polio drive after security threats to workers

The countrywide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to 39 million children under five years of age was launched on Monday

Shantha Biotechnics' polio vaccine ShanIPV gets WHO prequalification status

Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday its inactivated polio vaccine ShanIPV has received prequalification status from the World Health Organization (WHO). The status qualifies ShanIPV vaccine for purchase by the United Nations' agencies, Sanofi Pasteur and Shantha Biotechnics said in a joint statement. The polio vaccine has been developed by Sanofi Pasteur's arm Shantha Biotechnics. Shantha Biotechnics Executive Director & COO Mahesh Bhalgat said, "WHO-prequalification of a vaccine is a stringent process wherein the WHO reviews the production process, quality control procedures,tests consistency of various batches and works closely with the responsible national regulatory authority in this process." Over the last two decades, Sanofi Pasteur has been serving the vaccination needs of India by making available the highest quality products. Today, the only 2 WHO-prequalified IPV containing vaccines that are available in India are both from Sanofi Pasteur (ShanIPV and Hexaxim)," Sanofi ...

National Immunisation Day: Khattar launches polio campaign in 13 districts

The immunisation campaign would be carried out in 13 districts of the state from July 2 to 4

Govt allays concerns on polio, says India remains polio-free

As a precautionary measure, the health ministry will hold a special immunization drive in the high-risk areas of Telangana

Telangana to launch special campaign against polio

Campaign would be targeted at children in the age group of six weeks to three years