—File photo Today is the second day of anti-polio campaign in Balochistan province. According to the officials of the Emergency Operation Center, the anti-polio campaign is being conducted in all 36 districts of the province. During the campaign, more than 24 lakh children have been given the target of vaccination against polio. Emergency Operation Center…
—File photo Nationwide anti-polio campaign has started from today, some 7 and some 5 days campaign, children are being administered polio drops. Punjab: 2 crore 12 lakh children will drink polio drops Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Jamal Nasir has said regarding the polio campaign that anti-polio campaign is going on across Punjab, 2 crore 12…
A 5-day anti-polio campaign is starting from tomorrow in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the Emergency Operation Center, the anti-polio campaign is being launched in 2 phases. In the first phase, polio drops will be administered in Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Malakand and Hazara divisions. In this campaign, more than 74 lakh 78 thousand children have been…
—File photo Anti-polio campaign across Balochistan will start from tomorrow (Monday, October 2) for which all preparations have been completed. These views have been expressed by Syed Zahid Shah, Coordinator of Emergency Operation Center Balochistan in one of his statements. He has said that during the 7-day anti-polio campaign, the target of 24 lakh 44…
File photo. The 7-day anti-polio campaign in Karachi will start from October 2. A review meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Salim Rajput, in which Coordinator EOC Irshad Sodhar, all Deputy Commissioners, representatives of World Health Organization, UNICEF and BMG participated. The meeting was informed during the briefing that there is…
A new report by UNAMA’s Human Rights Service has documented over 1,600 cases of human rights violations including torture, committed by the de facto authorities across the country during the arrest and detention of individuals from 1 January 2022 to 31 July this year. Commenting on the findings, UN rights chief Volker Türk described as…
Hope Away from Home gets underway at a time of unprecedented, forced displacement. There are a staggering 110 million people displaced from their homes, and access to asylum and protection is under threat in various regions due to increasingly harsh policies. “People fleeing war, violence and persecution should be met with compassion and kindness, not…
—File photo After the discovery of the polio virus in Rawalpindi, it was decided to start an emergency anti-polio campaign. According to the Health Department, the 7-day anti-polio campaign in Rawalpindi will continue from September 4 to 10. The campaign will continue in Rawalpindi city, Cantt, Taxila and Potohar. WHO representatives will be deployed to…
#AfghanGirlsVoices comes precisely two years after the de facto Taliban authorities seized control in Afghanistan and will continue until September 18, which marks the start of their official ban on school for adolescent girls. Voices and visuals The campaign was developed in collaboration with ECW Global Champion Somaya Faruqi, former captain of the Afghan Girls’…
The agency plans to reach and assist over one million vulnerable farmers and their families, estimated at around five million people. Combatting the crisis The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, originates from the collapse of a 2022 power-sharing agreement between the two, that has impacted millions…
