On Pulse Polio Immunisation Day, 5,83,384 children below the age of five were given polio drops in Hyderabad district. District immunisation officer Dr G. Srinivaslu said, “Around 90 per cent of 6.5 l

After registering a zero-polio period in the last one year, India will now be aiming at eradicating measles, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here on Sunday.

"India still accounts for two-thirds

India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was on Saturday taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation.

This announcement was made by Health Ministe

India is hoping to be taken off the list of polio endemic nations with mounting evidence to show that the transmission of the virus is at an all time low.

For the first time since November 2010, mos

Bill Gates, Co-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her government's efforts to eradicate polio.

"It is with utmost

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered polio vaccine drops to eight children at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Saturday.

President Patil was launching the national 'Pulse Polio Programme' fo

India is about to hit a milestone in its battle to eradicate the polio virus with no new cases reported in the past year, the country's health minister said on Thursday, a dramatic drop from being the

India has a reason to smile on the polio front, especially on Jan 13. Not only will it achieve a major milestone of no new case after that day last year, there are also indications that the World Heal

India is all set to be off the list of polio endemic countries. With India completing a year next week without the incidence of any polio case, experts say if the progress continues and all samples r

Nigeria is witnessing a four-fold increase in polio, the BBC has reported.

The disease is also spreading to other countries - Niger, Mali and Ivory Coast, the WHO revealed.

The BBC report quoted an