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 has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination ...

Papua New Guinea has declared a polio outbreak after vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was found in stool samples from two ...

This outbreak is a timely reminder that the last mile in the global eradication of polio remains elusive. As we emerge from a ...

The World Health Organization says the PNG outbreak is linked to strains circulating in Indonesia, posing a serious risk to ...

However, Curtin University's international health professor says when children are not vaccinated "then it's a problem".

Pacific Minister Pat Conroy has said the investment would help polio vaccines reach as many as three million children in ...

Papua New Guinea reported the presence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in healthy children from Lae ...

The situation is “serious but manageable,” the country’s top health official said. View on euronews ...

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low ...

The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and is calling for a vaccination campaign.