File photo The national anti-polio campaign is starting tomorrow to protect more than 4.5 million children from polio in the country. From February 26 to March 3, polio workers will go door-to-door to administer polio vaccine drops across the country. These drops will be administered to children in 33 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from…
—File photo The 7-day anti-polio campaign in Balochistan will start from tomorrow. In this regard, Coordinator Emergency Operation Center Zahid Shah says that during the campaign, 26 lakh 55 thousand children have been given polio vaccine as a target. Zahid Shah says that more than 11,000 teams will participate in the anti-polio campaign, and vitamin…
In a statement issued by his Spokesman on Wednesday, the UN chief underscored the urgency of a transition to democratic governance and reinstating civilian rule. “The Secretary-General condemns all forms of violence and calls for the protection of civilians and cessation of hostilities,” said the statement. “An inclusive solution to this crisis requires conditions that…
This year’s first anti-polio campaign in Sindh has started today. The 7-day anti-polio campaign will continue till January 14 in 30 districts of Sindh. In recent reports, 11 environmental samples of polio in Sindh were positive. Last year, 2 cases of polio were reported from Eastern district of Karachi. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;…
—File photo The 7-day anti-polio campaign in Balochistan will start from tomorrow. Coordinator Emergency Operation Center says that more than 25 lakh 96 thousand children will be given polio vaccine in the campaign. Coordinator EOC Zahid Shah has said that no case of polio was reported in Balochistan after 2021, during 2023 polio virus was…
Following the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, marked annually on 27 December, we took a look at how two renowned actors helped the UN health agency in 1959. A singing legend, Mr. Sinatra lent his golden voice to WHO for a UN Radio story, telling the tale of two victims of polio in Indonesia, and Hollywood…
—File photo Anti-polio campaign started today in different cities across the country. A 7-day anti-polio campaign has been started from today across Sindh including Karachi. According to the spokesman of the Sindh Health Department, a target of immunizing more than 1 crore children has been set in Sindh, while more than 80,000 polio workers and…
File photo Anti-polio campaign will be started across Sindh from today. According to the spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department, more than one crore children in Sindh will be given polio vaccine. According to the spokesman, 5 cases of polio have been reported in Pakistan this year, 3 cases have been reported from Bannu district…
File photo. The provincial health department has said that an anti-polio campaign will be launched across Sindh from tomorrow. According to the spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department from Karachi, more than one crore children in the province will be vaccinated against polio. He said that 5 cases of polio have been reported in Pakistan…
—File photo Special anti-polio campaign is going on in 3 polio high risk districts of Balochistan. Today is the third day of the campaign in the high-risk districts of Balochistan, Quetta, Pashin and Qila Abdullah. In the campaign, a total of more than 25 lakh children have been set as a target of vaccination against…
