polio vaccination

polio vaccination

Polio can easily be prevented by the oral administration of a few drops of vaccine, but scores of vaccination workers and their escorts have been killed over the years. Photo: AFP

Pakistan police officer shot dead as polio vaccination drive starts

A member of the bomb disposal squad and a police officer survey the crime scene after a blast in Mastung, Pakistan November 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Pakistan blast kills seven, including five school children

A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the the southern Gaza Strip, September 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Fighting to be paused in some areas of Gaza to finish polio vaccinations: Unicef