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PM Kakar orders emergency polio eradication plan for high-risk areas

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday directed formulation of an emergency polio eradication plan and launch of integrated programmes in...

Pakistan approves $1.78b ‘Emergency Plan for Polio Eradication’

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) here on Monday approved Emergency Plan for Polio Eradication (3rd revised) at a cost...

Interim govt committed to eradicate polio: health minister

Caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan says interim government is committed to actively implement a special emergency response plan to eradicate polio in the...

Bill Gates thanks PM Imran for productive discussion on polio eradication

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has thanked Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for the productive discussions on polio eradication from Pakistan, during his day-long visit...

Pakistan is nearing to eradicate the Polio virus, says Faisal Sultan

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan has said that Pakistan is nearing to eradicate the Polio. He...

Advisory group to play vital role in polio eradication: Dr Zafar Mirza

Dr Zafar Mirza, while talking to ARY News' 'Bakhabar Savera' programme, said that the federal authorities wanted to make anti-polio programme free from politics.

Donors pledge $2.6 billion for ‘last mile’ of polio eradication

The WHO last month announced an “historic step” in the fight to wipe out polio, certifying that the second of the three types of the polio virus had been eradicated globally

Wasim Akram appointed ambassador for polio eradication

Akram stressed that it is the right of every child to stay protected from the poliovirus.

Pakistan, Afghanistan to work on polio eradication together

The two sides also agreed to develop a joint mechanism against substandard medicines.

ECNEC approves revised emergency plan for polio eradication

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Friday approved revised emergency plan for eradication of polio at a cost of...

Polio campaign begins in Karachi today

KARACHI: A week-long polio campaign has initiated across the port city on Monday (today). According to officials, the campaign is a part of the National Immunisation Days...

Qureshi discusses polio eradication in meeting with WHO DG

ISLAMABAD:  Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus here on Tuesday.   “Discussions ...

Polio to be eradicated from Pakistan by the end of 2019: Bakhtiar

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar on Thursday said that polio would be eradicated from Pakistan by 2019. Presiding over a...

Pakistan, Germany sign financing accord on polio eradication

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Economic Affairs Division Mr. Noor Ahmed and Germany’s KfW Country Director Mr. Wolfgang Moeller on Friday signed a financing agreement for polio...

PM Imran to chair meeting on polio eradication

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair meeting of National Task Force on Polio Eradication on Friday in the federal capital. To ensure complete eradication...

Aseefa commends efforts, sacrifices of health teams for polio eradication

KARACHI: Rotary Ambassador for Polio Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday celebrated World Polio Day at the Emergency Operation Centre for Polio and inoculated children...

Global donors express confidence in Pakistan’s capacity to eradicate polio

ISLAMABAD: Leading international donor agencies have expressed their full confidence in the Pakistan’s capacity to achieve polio eradication in the near future. A meeting of...

Pakistan reaffirms commitment to polio eradication, says health minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani on Monday re-affirmed the government’s full support to eradication the polio. "The government is making...

Japan to provide $3.2m to Regional Polio Laboratory

ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan on Friday announced to provide a grant of $3.2 million for the procurement of equipment for the Regional Reference...

CM Sindh directs to expedite efforts for polio eradication

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to eradicate polio from the province, and issued necessary directives to...
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