Overview

• Provincial and district authorities say preparations are complete for a nationally coordinated four-day campaign to vaccinate children under five starting October 13.
• In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the drive will run in two phases targeting over 7.3 million children, with 35,248 polio workers, 8,279 area in-charges and about 50,000 security personnel deployed.
• Sindh announced National Immunization Days from October 13–19 to reach 10.6 million children with oral polio vaccine and Vitamin A, mobilizing over 80,000 workers and tightening cold-chain and field monitoring.
• District updates include Shaheed Benazirabad targeting more than 426,000 children with 1,314 teams and Rawalpindi ordering strict security, active monitoring and special mobile teams for hard-to-reach areas.
• Bahawalpur briefings presented conflicting targets and team counts, with one update citing 824,301 children and detailed team deployments and another citing over 1.6 million children and 6,044 teams.