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Needle-free injectors for mass administration of fractional dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Karachi, Pakistan: A survey of caregiver and vaccinator acceptability
The first large-scale vaccination campaign using needle-free jet injectors to administer fractional doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (fIPV) was conducted in Karachi, Pakistan, in February 2019. Data on acceptability of jet injectors were collected from 610 vaccinators and 4898 caregivers during the first four days of the campaign. Of those...
More than 9.4 million children vaccinated against typhoid fever in Sindh
4 December 2019 – A historical milestone has been successfully achieved in Pakistan with the vaccination in Sindh Province of more than 9.4 million children aged from 9 months to 15 years against typhoid fever, with a coverage rate of 95%. Pakistan is the first country in the world to introduce the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended...
Pakistan introduces typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into routine immunization schedule in world first
20 November 2019 – Pakistan has become the first country to introduce the World Health Organization recommended typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its routine immunization...
Pakistan first country to introduce new typhoid vaccine into routine immunization programme
Karachi, 15 November 2019 - Pakistan today became the first country in the world to introduce the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its routine immunization programme. It is the first typhoid vaccine that can be given to children as young as 6 months of age and confers longer term protection against...
WHO and partners mark World Polio Day throughout Pakistan
29 October 2018 – World Polio Day (24 October) was marked with a myriad of events across Pakistan, all paying tribute to the efforts of frontline health workers. Events recognized the contributions of polio workers, caregivers, civil society and donors to ending polio in Pakistan. Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, is one of the two remaining...
WHO Regional Director's statement on Pakistan
Cairo, Egypt, 1 August 2019 — I have just returned from my third, and most fruitful and memorable visit to Pakistan as WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. The 4 days I spent in the country this week were truly effective and productive.
South Korea supports WHO response to HIV outbreak in Pakistan
Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, and Mr Kwak Sung-kyu, Ambassador of the Republic of KoreaIslamabad, 22 July 2019 – The World Health Organization welcomes a new contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea to support its ongoing response to an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Pakistan. “This...
Pakistan: HIV outbreak in Sindh province
Photo credit: The New Humanitarian 13 June 2019 - Authorities announced the current outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in...
