Gaza: 187,000 children administered Polio drops
CENTRAL GAZA: 187,000 children under the age of ten were administered Polio drops here by WHO in the first phase of large-scale vaccination campaign that was carried out successfully from…
640,000 Gaza kids to be given polio doses during 3 days
GAZA: Taking advantage of the 3-day humanitarian pauses here, 640,000 children under 10 are being administered 2 polio doses per child. In order to facilitate the campaign, WHO had delivered…
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40M children to be vaccinated in nationwide anti-polio campaign
ISLAMABAD: Over 40 million children under five years of age will be vaccinated with the polio vaccine, along with a supplementary dose of Vitamin-A capsule during the nationwide campaign. The…
UN agencies praise Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have lauded the Government of Pakistan’s continued efforts to eradicate poliomyelitis from the country. The UN agencies…
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CM launches anti-polio drive to cover over 9m children
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Pakistan was one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with Afghanistan and has so far reported…
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34000 police personnel deployed for polio teams’ security
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Monday reviewed security measures adopted for polio campaign beginning from Monday in the province. In this connection the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sanaullah…
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Polio: 885K children to be administered drops
RAWALPINDI: A five-day polio drive would commence from March 29 during which 1950 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops to 885,400 children less than five years in…
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Polio campaign to resume in Quetta under SOPs on Monday
QUETTA: Polio campaign will be resuming from 20th July (Monday) in selective UCs of Quetta after a four-month suspension period due to COVID-19 pandemic. At first, the drainage UCs of…
3-day anti-polio drive to commence in Punjab on Jan 21
SARGODHA: A three-day anti-polio campaign will start here in the district on Monday, January 21 to immunize 6, 21,477 children under five years of age with anti-polio vaccine. Deputy Commissioner…
3-day anti-polio drive kicks-off in KP, Balochistan
QUETTA: A five-day supplementary polio immunization drive commenced today (Monday) in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. According to Emergency Operations Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than over one million…
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Anti-polio drive kicks off in Karachi, Balochistan
KARACHI: An anti-polio drive in Karachi, Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Gilgit-Baltistan begins today (Monday). Commissioner Karachi Syed Asif Haider Shah inaugurated the three-day anti-polio campaign in Karachi.…