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PM Shehbaz launches new anti-polio drive ‘with renewed zeal and focus’

PM Shehbaz launches new anti-polio drive 'with renewed zeal and focus'

ISLAMABAD: The incumbent government on Wednesday launched a new anti-polio campaign with a renewed zeal and focus after the country reported the third case of 2022. PM Shehbaz while announcing the drive wrote on Twitter, “there is a complete synergy of thought and action among the provinces and other stakeholders to eradicate polio. A polio-free … Read more

With a little more effort we can eradicate polio: Taimur

PESHAWAR: Viewing promising reports, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance and Health Taimur Khan Jhagra on Sunday said with a little more effort polio could be eradicated. “For more than a year now, no case of wild polio has been reported,” Taimur Jhagra said in a statement. Read more: Polio workers preforming national service, says PM … Read more

Anti-polio drive to begin across the country from today

Anti-polio drive targeting over 34m children launched countrywide

Anti Polio drive is set to be launched in different areas of the country. According to the details, in Karachi, drive to eradicate polio will be launched in specific towns including Baldia, Orangi, North Nazimabad and Liaquatabad, during which 260,000 children will be administered anti-polio vaccine. In addition to this, a five-day anti-polio drive will … Read more

Anti-polio campaign to be launched in Pakistan from July 20

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The Federal Government has decided to initiate a special anti-polio immunization drive from July 20, after 58 cases of disabling disease have been reported in Pakistan during the current year. The immunization campaign will be launched in four provinces of the country according to sources, especially in areas that have reported increasing cases of polio. … Read more