Pakistan's Promising Polio Push: A Success Story in the Making

Pakistan's Promising Polio Push: A Success Story in the Making

Pakistan's Promising Polio Push: A Success Story in the Making Pakistan is witnessing encouraging progress in its battle against polio, as no new cases of the disease have been reported for over two months. This significant development follows an earlier report of six cases this year, a substantial decrease from the 74 cases recorded in 2024.The success is attributed to comprehensive and rigorous nationwide polio vaccination campaigns. At a meet…

Refusals, missed children remain challenge as Sindh prepares for anti-polio drive

A health worker administrates polio-vaccine drops to a child during anti-polio immunisation campaign, in Hyderabad on February 26, 2024. — APPWith over 220,000 children missed in the February anti-polio campaign — including nearly 43,000 children who were not allowed to have polio...

Polio eradication review meeting says not a single case reported since Feb 10

Sindh anti-polio campaign to vaccinate more than 10.6m children under 5.

PM Shehbaz praises anti-polio efforts amid ongoing eradication drive

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif has said that the efforts made by the government and international partners to eradicate polio from Pakistan are commendable. He made these remarks while presiding over a review meeting on the anti-polio campaign. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that despite challenging conditions, anti-polio campaign workers are playing a frontline role in the fight against this dangerous disease. He also directed…

No polio case reported since Feb 10, 2025: PM informed - Islamabad Post

ISLAMABAD, APR 17 (APP/DNA):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was informed on Thursday that as a result of the dedicated nationwide anti-polio campaigns, not a single case of polio had been reported in the country since February 10, 2025. Chairing the review meeting on Polio eradication here, the prime minister commended the efforts of relevant government institutions, international organizations, and partners to make Pakistan polio-free. He directe…