Overview

• Laboratory officials confirmed an infection in an eight-month-old girl in Hyderabad, raising Pakistan’s 2025 tally to 27 cases.
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 18 cases this year, Sindh seven, and Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan one each.
• The September sub-national campaign spanned 88 districts and reached about 21 million children, with roughly 500,000 missed.
• More than 400,000 frontline workers are slated to go door to door during the October nationwide Oral Polio Vaccine campaign.
• Health agencies continue to warn of persistent transmission, with the Independent Monitoring Board urging fresh strategies for Pakistan’s program.