- No polio case reported anyplace in nation since September.
- No polio case reported in Balochistan and Punjab for over a 12 months.
- Six nationwide anti-polio campaigns carried out throughout 2025.
Pakistan has recorded important progress in its battle towards polio, with the variety of circumstances falling sharply in 2025, in line with the Nationwide Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC).
Official knowledge present that solely 30 polio circumstances have been reported thus far in 2025, in contrast with 74 circumstances recorded in 2024.
The NEOC stated no new polio case has been reported anyplace within the nation since September this 12 months.
It additional famous that no polio case has been reported in Balochistan and Punjab for greater than a 12 months, reflecting improved surveillance and sustained vaccination efforts within the two provinces.
As per the NEOC, six nationwide anti-polio campaigns have been efficiently carried out throughout 2025. In the latest marketing campaign, greater than 98% of focused kids have been vaccinated, the NEOC stated, calling it a significant achievement for frontline well being employees working in difficult circumstances.
Pakistan stays one among solely two nations on the earth, alongside Afghanistan, the place polio continues to be endemic. Of the 30 circumstances reported thus far this 12 months, the very best quantity has been recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with 19 circumstances.
In distinction, simply six circumstances have been reported nationwide in 2023, earlier than the outbreak in 2024.
Well being authorities have reiterated their willpower to eradicate the virus from the nation. Polio is a extremely contagious and incurable illness that may trigger lifelong paralysis. Safety is dependent upon repeated doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine for each little one underneath the age of 5 throughout every marketing campaign, together with the well timed completion of routine immunisation.
The Polio Eradication Initiative has intensified its operations to make sure complete protection and high-quality vaccination campaigns, notably in high-risk and susceptible areas. The Nationwide Activity Pressure has authorized the 2025–26 roadmap, which focuses on halting virus transmission via a number of supplementary immunisation actions and by strengthening routine immunisation providers.
Polio as soon as paralysed almost 1,000 kids each day throughout greater than 125 nations. If eradicated, it could grow to be solely the second human illness to be eradicated globally after smallpox and will save the world greater than 33 billion {dollars} by 2100, in line with world well being estimates.
