Polio vaccinators carry boxes of polio vaccine drops as they head to the areas they have been appointed to administer the vaccine, in Karachi October 21, 2014. Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan's polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as they distribute doses to children. But experts say there is another reason for the sharp spike in cases of the crippling disease in Pakistan this year - government mismanagement. Picture taken October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER SOCIETY POLITICS) - RTR4BO8X
LAHORE: Polio vaccination campaigns have begun in Punjab today. The target is to vaccinate over 8.62 million children less than five years old in 14 districts of Punjab.
In Lahore alone, around 1.6 million children under the age of five years, are going to be vaccinated.
The campaigns will be held in 14 districts of Punjab including Lahore, DG Khan, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rawalpindi, RY Khan, Sheikhupura, Khanewal, Lodhran, TT Singh, and Vehari.
