“We cannot implement house-to-house vaccination,” Jafari stated, referencing the ban imposed by Taliban authorities on polio teams over security concerns. “The program is working closely with [Taliban ...

Pakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases ...

Meanwhile, health officials in Taliban-led Afghanistan announced Monday the opening of a three-day polio-vaccination campaign, saying it aims to reach 6.2 million children under five in 16 of the ...

Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...

“Polio has no cure ... The WHO has been contacted for comment about the Taliban-led vaccination drive.

Militants, mainly from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or the Pakistani Taliban, have frequently targeted polio vaccination teams in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in the past. The militant groups ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in ...

Also on Tuesday, militants stormed a health centre in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Polio cases are rising ... bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban government in September suddenly stopped a door-to-door vaccination campaign. Afghanistan and Pakistan ...