- Nationwide marketing campaign to be carried out from October 13 to 19.
- Inoculation drive to be held in KP from October 20 to 23.
- Nationwide tally for 2025 stands at 29; KP worst-hit with 18 circumstances.
ISLAMABAD: The Nationwide Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has introduced that the nationwide polio immunisation marketing campaign will begin from immediately (Monday) throughout 159 districts of the nation.
In line with the NEOC, in the course of the week-long drive, greater than 45.4 million youngsters underneath the age of 5 will probably be administered oral polio vaccine drops.
Along with the polio vaccine, youngsters may also obtain Vitamin A dietary supplements to assist enhance their immunity.
The nationwide marketing campaign will probably be carried out from October 13 to 19, whereas in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the marketing campaign will probably be held from October 20 to 23, the NEOC mentioned.
Over 400,000 well being employees will go door-to-door to make sure that each eligible baby receives the vaccine. The NEOC urged mother and father to make sure that all youngsters underneath 5 years of age are vaccinated in opposition to polio and that routine immunisation programs for kids as much as 15 months are accomplished on time.
The entire variety of polio circumstances within the nation for 2025 has jumped to 29, with two circumstances reported on September 29 from Sindh.
Of the entire 29 polio circumstances reported nationwide, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tops the checklist with 18 circumstances, Sindh 9, whereas Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have one every.
The polio eradication marketing campaign is a part of nation’s ongoing efforts to get rid of the crippling illness and defend each baby from lifelong incapacity.
Pakistan is without doubt one of the two polio-endemic international locations on the earth, together with Afghanistan. The nation was close to to eradicating the crippling illness in 2021 after vital drop in variety of circumstances, till the current spike in circumstances.
Final 12 months, the nation reported a complete of 74 polio circumstances. Of those, 27 have been from Balochistan, 23 from Sindh, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one every from Punjab and Islamabad.
Polio is a paralysing illness with no treatment, and the completion of the routine vaccination for all youngsters underneath the age of 5 simply supplies them with excessive immunity in opposition to this horrible illness.
