Polio Eradication Programme

KARACHI: The polio eradication campaign has commenced in all seven districts of Karachi, aiming to vaccinate 2.585 million children against polio. Over 11,000 polio workers are assigned to carry out …

After considering the flooding situation and weather circumstances in the province, the five-day anti-polio campaign was postponed by one week, from August 29 to September 4. Officials at the Emergency …

l time to take action, the World Health Assembly delegate determined that this “window of opportunity” will not last eternally and that the poliovirus must be eradicated.

DRAP has granted approval for the use of Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) paving the way for it to be introduced in the country.