anti-polio drive

The protesters are of the view that their area was being ignored in developmental works

Special security measures have been taken to avoid any untoward incident during campaign

Survey of 11 high-risk districts across Pakistan turns out to be below satisfactory

A three-day anti-polio campaign will kick off today

Rumours swirling around campaigns discourage inoculation in K-P

At least 1,077 mobile teams had been constituted

He said that there were certain misconceptions regarding the immunisation

The more common type of polio is Type 1, with no human cases of Type 2 reported in over a decade

Problems being faced in meeting the goals of the campaign also came under discussion

Officials said that strict security arrangement had been made to make the campaign successful in both districts

Around 800,000 children will be vaccinated in Multan

A total of 23,316 teams will be administering polio drops

Mayor Aziz says the department of health services has set a target of vaccinating 140,835 children

590,000 children will be immunised in Bahawalpur

CDA Dr Hassan Arooj said that an anti-polio walk will also be held on the service road of Sector F-11/4

Parents of more than 2,000 children did not allow the teams to administer polio drops to their children

As many as 1,344 teams have been constituted by the Health Department

Around 2,000 teams will go door-to-door to administer polio drops

Nearly 3.5 million children up to five years of age will be vaccinated

Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda among these areas

Move will pick up slack, assist in EPI campaign, immunisation against virus

Donors analyse programmes, suggest certain improvements

During the first four days of the campaign over 579,000 children were administered polio drops

There has been great improvement in campaign throughout tribal areas

7,910 mobile health teams will participate in the drive

Lady health workers say threatening notes were pinned to their doors

Reason for launching a special drive in these areas was presence of polio virus in sewage samples

Campaign targets high-risk districts of Quetta, Pishin and Killa Abdullah.

With help of LEAs, officials taking action against parents who turn away polio workers.

He issued these directives, while chairing a meeting of “Islamabad task force for polio eradication

Two countries will share data and improve cross-border mapping

Memon said that every child should be administered polio drops during the drive

5,808,387 children will be vaccinated, says Health Secretary

The lawyer had told the polio team to leave the area but they had refused to

Top city, health and security officials personally monitor anti-polio drive

The IG also ordered effective mobile movement of police on motorcycles

Nearly 189,094 toddlers administered inactivated polio vaccines (IPV)

We need to bring number of polio patients down to zero, says DCO Zahid Saleem Gondal

Last nationwide campaign for the year 2015 will get under way from Dec 14

During the campaign, 213,521 children under the age of five years will be vaccinated

Jamshoro deputy commissioner Majid Panhwar called a meeting on Friday to review the arrangements

We have taken special measures to further strengthen coverage during the anti-polio drive

WHO country representative Michel Thieren appreciated the commitment of the provincial government

Will also withdraw from dengue, family planning initiatives

Workers visited areas of these districts to administer polio drops to 117,8200 children up to the age of five years

Provincial govt plans to launch nine similar campaigns over the next nine months

CDC appreciates Pakistan’s ongoing efforts

Polio Officer Niaz Ahmad said there were 29 cases of poliomyelitis in the country at present