A one-week national anti-polio campaign will begin on November 2 in 97 selected districts across the country, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC).
During the drive, about 23.9 million children under the age of five are set to receive polio drops, with polio workers going door-to-door to reach them.
Districts and children targeted in each region
The NEOC said the campaign will cover the following areas:
- Punjab: almost 9.278 million children in 13 selected districts
- Sindh: almost 6.883 million children in 20 selected districts
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 4.808 million children in 27 selected districts
- Balochistan: 2.217 million children in 31 selected districts
- Islamabad: more than 447,000 children
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 153,000 children in three selected districts
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir: more than 183,000 children in two selected districts
NEOC calls on parents to cooperate
The NEOC described a polio-free future for children as a shared responsibility. It urged parents to fully cooperate with polio teams to eradicate the disease.
