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World Health Organization and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and blind allegiance to an outdated strategy.
Measles and polio cases are surging globally in 2025 due to falling vaccine coverage, worsened by COVID-19's impact, misinformation, and hesitancy—putting millions of children at risk.
The confirmation of Pakistan's 12th polio case in 2025 — a boy from Bannu just short of his third birthday — marks another grim milestone in a worsening public health crisis. This year's cases ...
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New polio cases

The first case of poliovirus this year in Pakistan was reported from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in January. Since then, the nationwide tally for polio cases has climbed up to 17, with K-P confirming two new ...
The situation reveals glaring deficiencies in Pakistan's health infrastructure: campaign fatigue, public distrust fuelled by misinformation, and poor crisis management. It is a bitter reminder that, ...
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The missed diagnosis

Pakistan’s healthcare crisis runs deeper than treatment. Without reliable diagnostics, even the right medicine falls short.
Polio isn’t something most of us here in Canada think about anymore. Once a global health crisis, the disease has been pushed to the brink of eradication thanks to decades of tireless work. However, ...
Last Thursday, District Governor Steve Ivory encouraged members of the West Point Rotary Club to do their part in the Rotary International’s goals of building membership, helping out in the global ...
A five-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has tested positive for the virus, marking the 12th case in the province and ...
Polio eradication efforts in Pakistan routinely face security issues. According to the press release, the case was detected in an 18-month-old child from the Union Council Amakhel in KP’s Tank ...
The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is ...