Polio Remains Endemic in Pakistan
![Pakistan administers at least 300 million doses of oral vaccine annually with the help of more than 350,000 vaccinators across the country. The target population - children aged five and below - numbers about 43 million [Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]](https://liberties.aljazeera.com/media/2025/04/1745243262.webp)
Pakistan administers at least 300 million doses of oral vaccine annually with the help of more than 350,000 vaccinators across the country. The target population - children aged five and below - numbers about 43 million [Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]
Pakistan is to undertake a 5-day polio vaccination drive amid tight security, in its northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.
it’s aiming to vaccinate more than 6M children from April 21.
Polio remains endemic in Pakistan.
Armed groups have attacked medical and security personnel on previous vaccination drives, claiming polio vaccination efforts are ‘Western conspiracies.’
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