March 16 marks Indias National Vaccination Day, the launch of the Pulse Polio program, and the birth and death anniversaries of notable figures. Explore key historical events from governance, arts, ...

Polio Immunisation Day on 16th February targets children aged 0-6 to maintain India's polio-free status, achieved since 2014. With threats from nearby countries Pakistan and Afghanistan ...

for the early stage research and development of a six-in-one combination paediatric vaccine to help protect children in India and other developing countries from polio and other infectious diseases.

Pakistan's Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Pakistan has ...

The Afghan interim government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a four-day vaccination campaign aimed at protecting nearly 6.3 million children under the age of five from poliovirus.

Although India is polio-free, UNICEF warns that the increasing interconnectedness of the world means diseases can still spread from regions where they persist. Former superintendent of NMCH and ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine ...

Currently, IPV is relatively expensive to produce because it requires high levels of bio-containment to minimise the risk of leaks of live poliovirus, which could result in outbreaks. VLPs are ...