Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday briefed Shehbaz Sharif on ongoing and upcoming health sector initiatives during a meeting held in Islamabad. Read More: Pakistan prepares new preventive health strategy, says Mustafa Kamal The meeting focused on key matters related to the health ministry, including current reform efforts and future projects aimed at […]
Polio Eradication
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, UNICEF discuss child health and risks of lead exposure
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met a delegation from UNICEF to discuss child health, lead exposure risks and Pakistan’s ongoing public health priorities, including polio eradication. Read More: Pakistan to work with int’l partners to improve child health services: PM The delegation was led by UNICEF Representative Pernille Ironside and included Abdullah Fadil, Director […]
WHO highlighted Pakistan decades of vaccine success
Pakistan has successfully vaccinated millions of children and mothers over the past five decades, preventing an estimated 2.6 million child deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The achievement was highlighted ahead of World Immunisation Week, underscoring the long-term impact of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). Read More: NA panel orders removal […]
Pakistan reports first polio case of 2026 in Sindh
Pakistan has reported its first case of wild poliovirus in 2026 after a four-year-old child in Sindh’s Sujawal district tested positive, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication confirmed on Thursday. According to officials, the case was detected in Bello Union Council and identified through the country’s polio surveillance network. Laboratory confirmation was […]
Pakistan renews commitment to achieve zero polio in 2026
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme on Tuesday reaffirmed its determination to eradicate polio this year, as a high-level delegation from the Gates Foundation visited the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). Read More: Polio case raises Pakistan tally to 31 The delegation, led by Chris Elias, President of Global Development, and Kathy Neuzil, Director of Polio at the Gates […]
Balochistan records major progress in polio fight
QUETTA: Balochistan has made a significant breakthrough in its campaign against polio, with December 2025 environmental surveillance data showing a sharp decline in poliovirus circulation compared to last year. Health officials hailed the development as a major step toward eradicating the virus in the province. Read More: Over 44.6m vaccinated in final anti-polio drive of 2025 […]
PM stresses upon coordinated efforts to make country polio free
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday, expressing his satisfaction over polio eradication drive and a sharp decline in new poliovirus cases, stressed that with well-coordinated efforts of the federal and provincial governments, Pakistan could be made a polio-free country. The prime minister said, congratulating the provincial governments and the polio eradication campaign partners, the surfacing […]
Every effort would be made to make Pakistan a polio-free country: PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of National Task Force on Polio Eradication in Islamabad on Friday and directed to make every effort to make Pakistan a polio-free country. Minister for Health Amir Mehmood Kiani, Governor KP Shah Farman, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah, Gilgit Baltistan […]