Polio

India off polio endemic list: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad made the announcement after most of the environmental samples for polio virus tested negative for the first time in 2010. ...

01:29 PM, Feb 25, 2012

India becomes polio-free, but threat remains

Howrah: India has completed one entire year without registering a single polio case in any part of the country. Bringing down the number from 2 lakh a year to zero is a commendable achievement and an example before other countries to follow. But there is hardly any room for complacency. Two-and-a-half-year-old Ruksaar from Shahpara village in Howrah district is the last registered case of polio in India, and the credit ...

07:18 PM, Jan 17, 2012

Can India replicate the polio example in other health issues?

India has completed one year without a single case of polio and the WHO has said that other countries need to emulate. ...

11:27 PM, Jan 13, 2012

India positive: A year without a single case of polio

On India Positive, India completes a year without any polio case and a policeman fines a Home Ministry official. ...

11:18 PM, Jan 13, 2012

Polio success: WHO says India no longer a threat

WHO India Representative Dr Nata Manabde has congratulated India on its no-new-polio cases milestone, saying that India was ahead of prediction. "It's a major milestone. India's ahead of prediction. It has made a huge difference. Two years India had the largest number of cases more than other countries put together. Size and scale were the challenge. India is no longer a threat to other countries," he said. ...

12:45 PM, Jan 13, 2012