Pakistan starts campaign to vaccinate 7.1 million children against polio in country’s northwest

Arab News Pakistan
Mar 03, 2024

Pakistan starts campaign to vaccinate 7.1 million children against polio in country’s northwest


ISLAMABAD: Pakistani health authorities on Sunday kicked off the second phase of a five-day anti-polio campaign to vaccinate children up to the age of five in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, state-run media reported.

Pakistan initiated the anti-polio campaign countrywide last Monday but in KP, the second phase of the five-day campaign will be carried out in 33 districts of the province from today, Sunday.