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The brave women of Pakistan fighting polio
22 June 2021 – Female polio frontline workers are playing a key role to eradicate polio in Pakistan. Given their trusted roles and responsibilities, they contribute a lot towards vaccinating millions of children across the country. Pakistan remains one of 2 countries where polio is endemic. With each polio campaign, it is essential that the...
A unified and whole-of-system approach necessary to make sure every child in Pakistan is vaccinated – WHO and UNICEF
Friday 12 June, Islamabad – WHO and UNICEF have applauded the Government of Pakistan’s continued efforts to eradicate polio. The United Nations agencies commended the concerted efforts made to make sure that vaccination programmes continued even during COVID-19 surges in the...
Saving lives of mothers and children: saving the future
13 June 2021 – WHO in Pakistan is striving hard to bring about a positive change in the health care system, a system which ensures the health and well-being of mothers and their newborn children by supporting health departments to establish, refurbish and equip maternal and child health care centres across the country. On his recent visit to...
Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director, and Dr Palitha Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, open WHO-supported, refurbished EPI centre
13 June 2021 – The World Health Organization continues to support federal and provincial health ministries and health departments to strengthen and increase vaccination coverage under the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Pakistan. In support of these efforts, Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean,...
WHO Regional Director arrives in Pakistan to review health preparedness and response
6 June 2021, Islamabad – On the first day of a week’s mission to Pakistan, WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari formally opened 2 COVID-19 vaccination centres, a laboratory for infectious disease testing, a nutrition stabilization centre for children, and a refurbished gymnasium to help combat noncommunicable...
WHO and National Institute of Health collaborate to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and concern through PCR detection and genome sequencing
2 June 2021 – WHO and the National Institute of Health recently signed a 'letter of intent’ to signal their intention to collaborate to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of interest and variants of concern through PCR detection and genome sequencing. The letter of intent was signed at the WHO country...
Pakistan receives first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX Facility
More than one million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX Facility to support Government’s efforts to vaccinate high-risk people across Pakistan Islamabad, 8 May 2021 – Today Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines (SII-AZ AZD1222) from the COVAX Facility. The consignment of 1 238...
UN partner agencies reaffirm support to Government of Pakistan in implementing UHC Benefit Package
“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being”.
