With only 44 per cent of its population vaccinated, Papua New Guinea faces a renewed public health threat after confirmation ...

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

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

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

The World Health Organisation says circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 has been detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in Papua New Guinea on May 9. The detection of wild ...

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

Two healthy children in the Papua New Guinea city of Lae have been diagnosed with polio, prompting an emergency vaccination ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected ...

The World Health Organisation identified circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in stool samples from two healthy children in Papua New Guinea, indicating a significant public health event. The ...