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“Together, we can bowl out polio by focusing more on awareness-raising and promoting a culture of vaccine acceptance.” says PCB.

LAHORE:Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said minorities are safe in Pakistan. The governor said this while talking to the media at an opening ceremony of a photo exhibition on interfaith...

Microsoft co-founder briefed on the progress of the programme underway across the country

The Government of Japan has announced 4.35 million dollars in a grant to provide polio vaccines as part of its continued support to Pakistan for eradication efforts.   This money will be used to buy 24 million oral doses. It will allow the programme to reach around 21 million children under five years old with a focus on high-risk districts with persistent poliovirus transmission. The vaccines will be used during drives planned in 2022. The Polio Programmes goal is to permanently inter...

Islamabad: The Government of Japan announced a $4.35 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support to...

More than 23 million children to receive polio vaccination in 68 districts Format ISLAMABAD, 29 July 2021 – The Sub-National Immunisation Days (SNIDs) campaign will kick off on 2 August to reach more than 23.6 million children in 68 districts of all four provinces, including the federal capital Islamabad. Approximately 179,000 frontline polio workers will go house to house, observing strict standard operating procedures for COVID-19, to ensure childrens protection from the crippling poliovir...

Over 23m children to receive polio drops in 68 districts July 30, 2021 Islamabad : The PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan inaugurated the Sub-National Immunisation Days (SNIDs) campaign here at the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) on Thursday. The campaign will kick off on August 2 to reach more than 23.6 million children in 68 districts of all four provinces, including the federal capital. Approximately, 179,000 frontline polio workers will go house-to-house, obse...

In this file photo, a health worker gives polio vaccines to children in the suburbs of Lahore. — AP/File LAHORE: Frustrated by the performance of Pakistan’s Polio Programme, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has declared that the number of missed children in 2021 vaccination rounds all over the country is still higher than it was in 2018 and 2019. The IMB provides an independent assessment of the progress being made by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in the detection and...

With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting held on 11 May 2021 at the Minister’s Conference Room comes on the heels of the accelerated polio ramp down plan which means that with polio-fre...

With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting held on 11 May…