polio campaign

Over 8 million children across Sindh will be administered polio drops

Latest case involves an 18-month-old boy in K-P reported to be undernourished, health ministry says

Coming from a heavy toll of 147 wild polio cases in 2019 and 84 previous year to only one thus far is a mega success

Official says number of such families almost doubled in polio drive that ended on August 6

More than 717,000 children under the age of five years will be administered anti-polio drops

SAPM on health says 40 million children will be vaccinated

142,962 children were missed in recent provincial drive

The IGP urged parents to ensure that their children get vaccinated

In Balochistan, polio volunteers have continued campaigns at the cost of their lives

Training of workers have been completed

Virus has been confirmed in a one-year-old boy from Killa Saifullah

Virus could only be eradicated from the country through immunisation

Five-day polio drive launched in Balochistan

DC to visit various areas to judge the performance of the polio teams

More than 1.39 million children of less than five years will be administered polio drops

One of the factors affecting this year’s vaccination drive has been a significant rise in refusals

The campaign will administer polio injection as well as polio drops

CDWP discusses Rs47,732.5 million worth second revision of Nai Gaj Dam Project

Around 336,695 children under five years age will be immunised during the four day campaign

Smog hindered the four-day polio drive that was underway in the district

Special security arrangements for these polio teams have also been made

Officials blame ‘fake news’ for rising number of refusals last month

At least 269,301 children under the age of five years will be vaccinated

Mayor announces rewards-based system to motivate workers

Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq pays surprise visits to different localities of the capital

They are residents of Takhatabad area of the city

The police has started search for the suspects and opened investigation

The protesters said sending polio workers door-to-door to vaccinate children in scorching weather was inhuman

Workers say it’s too hot to go door-to-door to vaccinate children

Over two million children to be targeted in latest campaign

Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra lauded the efforts of the EOC FATA team

Ambassador briefed on eradication programme, cold chain management

Countrywide campaign to target specific areas in July and August

CM’s adviser says 18.4 million children will be vaccinated in 3,550 union councils

Dottani tribe boycotts drops in SWA; campaign to take place in 20 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa districts

A team of Gulberg police station reached the scene and arrested Ghumman

DCOs call on parents to be responsible citizens and get their children vaccinated

This is our national responsibility, says Bahawalpur Health EDO

Over 18.3m children under five years of age to be vaccinated

Last campaign in January saw 142 refusal cases

According to the revision, the five-day allowance provided to polio workers had been raised from Rs1,550 to Rs2,050

Security heightened for upcoming campaign in provincial capital

The participants said they planned to convert refusals during the campaign

According to the health department, the campaign was delayed due to the anniversary of the Army Public School attack

16,442 teams will facilitate last campaign of the year

The polio teams covered almost 65 per cent target in two days amid tight security

Around 0.4 million children, below five years of age, will be immunised during the campaign

Khawaja Salman Rafique said Pakistan’s immunisation drive against polio had picked up over the last two years

A total of 2,795 mobile teams will participate in the drive against the crippling disease

A seven-day polio drive was under way in Jamrud tehsil