Tag: Global Polio Eradication Initiative

A polio worker and two police officers were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in North Waziristan's Datta Khel tehsil on Tuesday. A polio eradication campaign was launched in teh area on June 9 after 11 positive cases emerged this year.

ICJ slams Pakistan's Committee on Enforced Disappearances for not being able to hold even a single culprit accountable in 9 years. Faisalabad police baton-charged Faisalabad workers protesting against lay-offs

Jul 19, 2020: Pakistan will resume its routine immunization campaign under the Polio Eradication program on July 20, after nearly a five-month hiatus. Around 800,000 children will receive essential vaccines through a door-to-door campaign ...

Jun 6, 2020: On June 1, hundreds of community-based vaccinators of the polio eradication program rallied outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against the termination of their jobs. In 2016, over 14,000 vaccinators were hired with the assistance ...