Tag: vaccination
Polio campain begins in Punjab today
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...
Many vaccinators lost lives during polio campaigns, says Asifa Bhutto
Ambassador on Polio Eradication Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that we need to work hard to save our children from being disabled because...
SEHAT completes Pakistan’s first ever corporate vaccination
Sehat.com.pk – an online pharmacy run by the 4th generation of the renowned Fazal Din Family, operating in Pakistan since 1948 – recently completed...
Anti-polio drive starts in Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Health Advisor Khwaja Salman Rafique said on Sunday that a three-day national campaign against polio would start from September 14 in...
Fatwas fail to curb polio surge
Polio is on the rise in Pakistan despite two dozen decrees issued by various national and international religious organisations as well as opinions of...
City admin helping Health Dept in vaccination drive
Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqi on Wednesday said that the city administration is extending complete support to Sindh Health Department for successful completion of the...
IG kick-starts anti-measles drive in police hospital
Sindh Inspector General Iqbal Mehmood on Wednesday inaugurated the anti-measles campaign at Sindh Police Hospital Garden.
The campaign has been launched in connection with the...
Polio vaccination cripples polio workers
Anti-polio staff recruited at Rs 7,500 per person per month unpaid for three months
Non-disbursement of salary for the last three months has caused embarrassment...
Pakistan urged to vaccinate against polio
Pakistan is being urged to vaccinate all of its children against polio amid a dangerous outbreak that has reached Syria and neighbouring countries.
The World...
JUD rolls up sleeves against measles
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) has joined hands with the Punjab Health Department in the fight against measles. In this connection, JUD Chief Hafiz Saeed inaugurated a...
Govt measles vaccination report draws ire of international health bodies
Several international health organizations have rejected the government report on the countrywide measles vaccination project the Extended Program on Immunization (EPI).
According to sources, few...
Polio teams at risk in 15 UCs
The Health Department Rawalpindi has declared 15 union councils in the district as sensitive for the risk to polio teams, and decided not to...
2.1 million children to be vaccinated in city
A special vaccination campaign was launched in the city on Saturday to prevent the outbreak of measles epidemic. The campaign will last till January...
Sindh govt orders mandatory vaccination against measles
Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed during his visit to the districts affected by measles virus on Monday ordered that all children aged between...
Polio vaccination campaign sets off
A Three-day Polio eradication campaign to vaccinate children under five years of age commenced in all four talukas of Hyderabad district from Monday. Hyderabad...
Polio outbreak reveals gaps in vaccination
Pakistan has made this year in wiping out polio. There are signs that one type of poliovirus is gone and transmission of other...
Polio outbreak reveals gaps in vaccination
Pakistan has made this year in wiping out polio. There are signs that one type of poliovirus is gone and transmission of other...