Over 7.7m kids to get polio vaccine

Anti-polio campaign to vaccinate over 10m children in Sindh starts on May 26

Five-day immunisation drive to cover all all 30 districts of the province.

Over 7.7m kids to get polio vaccine

Over 7.7 million children under five years of age across 11 districts of South Punjab will be administered polio vaccine along with Vitamin A capsules to aid in physical and mental development in a campaign from May 26. A spokesperson for health and population dept said here on Friday that the campaign would cover 42 tehsils and 933 union councils in South Punjab. A massive mobilization of 31,370 teams has been arranged for the effort, including…

Parents’ cooperation inevitable to make Pakistan polio-free: commissioner

A three-day national polio vaccination campaign will be launched across the Multan division on May 26, aiming to immunise over 2.6 million children under the age of five. Commissioner Multan Division Aamir Kareem Khan, along with Deputy Commissioner Waseem Hamid Sindhu, inaugurated the campaign at Shahbaz Sharif Hospital. Commissioner Khan administered oral polio drops to children and distributed gifts. Speaking at the event, Commissioner Amir K…