Japan provides $4.57m grant for procurement of 23.66m polio vaccine doses
Islamabad January 28, 2021 Islamabad : The Government of Japan Wednesday provided a grant of US $4.57 million for procurement of 23.66 million doses of oral polio vaccine as part of its support to Pakistan’s polio eradication interventions during 2021. Notes of the grant were signed and exchanged between the Government of Japan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and UNICEF. The grant will allow the polio programme to reach under 5 years-old children living in districts with persistent poliovirus transmission. Pakista...