By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases have been reported in the past week in Pakistan (2) and Afghanistan (1), bringing the total to 29 in 2019, according to the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In an update on the global polio situation, at the twenty-first meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the positive wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) from a environmental sample in Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran, the World Health Organization says subsequent...

Pakistan reported four additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in the past week. The cases were reported from Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (2); one from North Waziristan district...

Three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported in Pakistan during the last week, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Cases were confirmed in Lahore district in Punjab...

Officials with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases from Afghanistan and Pakistan, bringing the total for 2019 to date to 15. In...

Officials with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in the past week–one in Afghanistan and two in Pakistan. In Afghanistan,...

UN health officials are reporting the 20th wild poliovirus case in Afghanistan, making it the most cases seen in the country since 2015. The latest case reported is from Shaheed-e-Hassas district of...

The global number of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2018 has risen to 17 after new cases were reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Pakistan, a new WPV1 case was reported in Sarki Tetara district,...

The number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases reported in 2017 remains down compared to last year, particularly in Pakistan where only five wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases have been reported year-to-date,...