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Pakistan to vaccinate over 45 million children in first 2026 anti-polio campaign

IANS | January 10, 2026 02:35 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will vaccinate more than 45 million children during its first nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2026, scheduled to run from February 2 to February 8, health authorities said on Saturday.

The country's emergency operations centre said the week-long campaign will be conducted across the country, with vaccination teams administering oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five.

The campaign will be held simultaneously in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan as part of coordinated cross-border efforts to interrupt poliovirus transmission, the centre added.

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