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Nationwide anti-polio vaccination drive – Pakistan

September 25 , 2018 2254 days 824 0
  • Pakistan has launched the nationwide ‘Anti-polio’ vaccination drive for children of less than 5 years of age.
  • The drive is the first nationwide door to door national campaign of 2018-19 low transmission season.
  • Pakistan is one of the 3 countries in the world, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, that suffers from endemic polio.
  • As per WHO standards, a country must have no cases for 3 consecutive years in order to be considered as eradicated polio.

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