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"Some communities have become so hostile to the Polio Programme, and so opposed to letting their children have the vaccine, that negative attitudes may have reached the point of no return....[T]he GPEI - from global to regional to national to local level - needs to adapt and do things differently."
English News and Press Release on Pakistan about Health and Epidemic; published on 10 Jan 2021 by Govt. Pakistan
Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. Under the agreement, the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public. Earlier, the government had set aside $150m for the vaccine. Talking to Dawn, Parliamentary Secretary on National Health Services (NHS) Dr Nausheen Ha...
Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. Under the agreement, the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public. Earlier, the government had set aside $150m for the vaccine. Talking to Dawn, Parliamentary Secretary on National Health Services (NHS) Dr Nausheen Ha...
Special IPV polio campaign starts Dec 14 Punjab reports 14 polio cases so far in 2020 whereas provincial tally in 2019 stood at 12 APP December 12, 2020 MULTAN: Punjab Polio Programme was all set to organise a special polio campaign using Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) in three districts of the province from December 14, said a spokesperson for the programme on Friday. The campaign would be held in 113 selected union councils of Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, he added. “Seeing polio epidemiology, 87 UCs of Lahore have been made part of the campaign while 16 UCs of DG Khan and 10 UCs...