Overview

• Pakistan’s four-day national campaign runs October 13–16, with districts directing full coverage of under‑five children and immediate follow‑up on refusals.
• Sindh will hold National Immunization Days from October 13–19 targeting 10.6 million children with oral polio vaccine and Vitamin A, backed by daily refusal reporting and cold‑chain fixes.
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s two‑phase effort targets over 7.3 million children, fielding 35,248 workers with 32,008 mobile teams and about 50,000 security personnel for team protection.
• District leaders in Punjab and Sindh ordered union‑council level supervision, transit and mobile teams for flood‑affected and remote areas, and strict data reporting and team monitoring.
• In India, Telangana’s Pulse Polio drive began October 12 in six districts; Hyderabad alone set up 2,843 booths to reach roughly 517,238 children with door‑to‑door follow‑ups through October 15.