Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The highly infectious ...

Madagascar has successfully halted the transmission of variant poliovirus type 1, following recommendations from a rigorous, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in the country, and called for an immediate vaccination ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in Papua New Guinea on May 9.

Australia has been polio-free since 2000 and hasn't had a major outbreak of the disease since 1961. Children are routinely ...

Papua New Guinea has reported a resurgence of polio. According to ABC reports, the World Health Organisation has confirmed ...

The health ministry is scheduled to implement the second phase of the polio eradication campaign in the country’s northern ...

Polio has broken out before in Papua New Guinea, with the most recent incident happening in June of 2018, after a reported 20 ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed deep concern and says neighbouring countries are at risk as it declares an ...

Papua New Guinea has raised the alarm over a polio outbreak in Port Moresby and Lae after samples of the virus were found in ...