Saturday, May 9, 2026
Today's Print

Tag: Polio

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza: health official

Palestinian Territories - A polio vaccination campaign officially began Sunday in the Gaza Strip where the United Nations has announced "humanitarian pauses" to allow...

Israel agrees ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza for polio vaccinations

Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the...

Measles, polio vaccines reach most PH children

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 10.0px; font: 11.0px 'Myriad Pro'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9.0px; line-height:...

Three women polio workers shot dead in Afghanistan

Gunmen killed three Afghan women involved in a nationwide polio immunisation programme Tuesday, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new drive against...

Anti-polio jab

A nurse of the Philippine Red Cross prepares to administer polio and measles vaccinations to children at the mobile clinic in R10, Barangay NorthBay...

Vaccination

A child reacts in pain to a jab during the nationwide Department of Health ‘Chikiting Ligtas’ vaccination program against rubella, polio, and measles inside...

US gives P24M to launch plan on immunization

The United States has donated P24 million to bankroll the launching of the Philippines’ national immunization program against measles, rubella and polio. In a statement...

Parents urged: Vaccinate kids

The Department of Health on Wednesday urged parents to have their children vaccinated against measles, polio and rubella to prevent an outbreak next year. The...

Polio vaccines for 250k Pampanga kids

City of San Fernando -- Health authorities and the provincial government of Pampanga joined forces in administering polio vaccines to more than 250,000 children...

Polio immunization starts Oct. 26–DOH

The Department of Health supported by World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund will conduct the nationwide measles and polio supplemental immunization...

25 Pinoys infected by polio–DOH

The Department of Health said on Friday that there are now 25 polio infections recorded in the Philippines since the disease re-emerged in September...

Africa now free of polio virus, WHO declares

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign...

Polio outbreak: QC posts first case

Four new cases of polio were confirmed by the Department of Health on Thursday, including one in Quezon City—the first such case of the...

Fight vs. polio set in Sulu, Tawi-Tawi

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 11.0px; font: 10.5px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9.0px;...
- Advertisement -spot_img
- Advertisement -spot_img