Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launches anti-polio drive to immunise 5.7 million children amid security risks

Aug 28, 2025

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a week-long anti-polio drive to immunise 5.7 million children amid security threats, Dawn reported. The campaign, split into...

WHO Chief urges protection for health teams amid Polio vaccination rollout

Aug 31, 2024

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for the protection of health teams involved in Gaza's polio vaccination campaign, following recent violence that has...

Rawalpindi launches five-day anti-polio drive to vaccinate over one million children

Sep 02, 2025

A five-day anti-polio campaign has begun in Rawalpindi to vaccinate over one million children under five. Around 4,731 mobile teams, fixed and transit teams,...

89 lakh children under 5 years inoculated on National Polio Immunisation Day

Jan 31, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 31 : Close to 89 lakh children (as per provisional data) under five years across the country were given polio...

Afghanistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign to immunise 7.3 million children

Jul 21, 2025

The Ministry of Public Health has launched a four-day polio vaccination campaign in 19 provinces, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under five. Vaccination...

J-K: Udhampur Health Department announces Pulse Polio Immunisation drive from December 21 to 23

Dec 19, 2025

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Anil Manhas, told ANI, "For the drive, we have set up 535 pulse polio booths in the district and deployed...