ISLAMABAD: More than 40 million children under five years of age received vaccination during the second nationwide polio reduction campaign of the year.
The campaign was conducted from March 29 to April 2 in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and from April 11 to 15 in Balochistan.
During the campaign, more than 285,000 Sehat Tahafuz frontline workers visited families and caregivers going house-to-house and ensured vaccination of children against the crippling poliovirus.
“While we focus on vaccines for new diseases, such as Covid-19, there remains a need to ensure routine vaccinations are not missed. We know many children have missed vaccination and it is critical to accept vaccines every time they are offered by the teams,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan said.