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Pakistan Begins Two-Week Drive to Vaccinate 57 Million Children Against Measles, Rubella and Polio

WHO-trained staff support a rapid push to curb outbreaks after Pakistan logged over 131,000 measles cases in three years with new polio cases this year.

Overview

  • The National Emergency Operations Center says the Nov. 17–29 campaign targets 34.5 million children for measles-rubella shots and 23.3 million for polio drops.
  • Provincial tallies include over 17.3 million measles-rubella doses in Punjab, 8.263 million in Sindh, 5.988 million in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 2.73 million in Balochistan, with 23.3 million children set to receive polio drops across 90 high-risk districts.
  • The World Health Organization trained more than 140,000 health workers to support thousands of fixed and outreach teams across public facilities, schools, madrassas and temporary posts.
  • Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa reports more than 6,500 vaccination teams under direct health department monitoring, alongside upgrades to 450 primary health units and approval of a new hospital in Peshawar.
  • Balochistan aims to inoculate over 2.2 million children as officials warn of chronic underreporting, community resistance and the ongoing security risks that have historically targeted vaccination workers.