Karachi to form ‘special teams’ for polio drop refusals in upcoming campaign
- 10-Dec-2025
Karachi: A meeting chaired by Commissioner Karachi, Hassan Naqvi, has decided to form special teams to address parents and children who refuse polio drop administration during the upcoming anti-polio campaign, which starts on December 15, ARY News reported. The Commissioner Karachi presided over a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) on Wednesday regarding the upcoming […]
Polio outbreak response campaign launched
- 25-Mar-2024
ISLAMABAD: A crucial polio campaign to immunize more than 8.8 million children under the age of five against the paralyzing poliovirus has begun in 26 districts from Monday. This polio outbreak response campaign is being held in 11 districts of Balochistan, seven districts of Sindh and five districts of Punjab after the detection of polio […]
Pakistan kicks off week-long anti-polio campaign
- 26-Feb-2024
A week-long nationwide anti-polio drive began in the country on Monday (today) to administer vaccine drops to children under five years of age. Pakistan aims to vaccinate over 45.8 million children below the age of five during the second anti-polio campaign of this year According to details, polio workers will visit door to door to […]
Nationwide polio campaign begins to immunize 23mn children
- 02-Aug-2021
ISLAMABAD: A nationwide polio campaign has begun in Pakistan with a target to administer drops to 23 million children across the country in a bid to fight the crippling disease, ARY NEWS reported. The polio campaign will be run in all four provinces of the country including Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and KP and federal capital […]
Anti-polio campaign to begin in Sindh tomorrow despite Covid lockdown
- 01-Aug-2021
KARACHI: Like the rest of Pakistan, the Emergency Operation Centre for polio in Sindh will launch a seven-day anti-polio campaign across the province from August 2 despite the Covid-19 lockdown, ARY News reported on Sunday. In this special polio campaign, a total of 7.4 million children will be vaccinated against poliovirus in 22 districts of […]
COAS Bajwa, Bill Gates discuss Pakistan’s Covid-19 response, polio campaign
- 13-Nov-2020
Bill Gates acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts in managing the Covid-19 pandemic
Polio campaign resumes tomorrow after ‘improvement’ on virus front
- 19-Jul-2020
SAPM Zafar Mirza says all SOPs will be strictly followed
Anti-polio campaign in Karachi to begin from July 20
- 13-Jul-2020
The drive will be conducted in two districts of Karachi.
Anti-polio campaign begins in KP
- 15-Feb-2020
More than 6 million children under the age of five years will be vaccinated in the province.
Two more polio cases surface in KP
- 23-May-2019
The new cases have been reported from Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu.