Polio Immunization Drive To Start From Sep 21
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Sep, 2026) A Sub-National Polio Immunization Campaign will be conducted in 115 designated districts across Pakistan from September 21 to 27, targeting around 31 million children under five years of age.
Key Points:
- Trained polio workers will visit households to administer polio drops to children under five during the week-long campaign.
- Around 10.6 million children will be vaccinated in 13 designated districts of Punjab, while 10 million will be covered in 30 districts of Sindh.
- Similarly, approximately 7.3 million children will receive polio drops in 37 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 2.3 million children will be vaccinated in 32 districts of Balochistan.
- In Islamabad, around 447,000 children will receive polio drops, while 137,000 children in two designated districts of Gilgit-Baltistan will be vaccinated.
The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) urged parents to extend full cooperation to polio teams and ensure that every child under five receives polio drops during the campaign.
"Providing children with a polio-free future is our shared national responsibility," it stressed, emphasizing the importance of collective efforts for complete polio eradication.