Urooj Niazi 
Pakistan has rolled out its first national immunisation program of 2026, when the world is casting its eyes on the topic of public health. Nevertheless, this can be a turning point. Health authorities are being pressured to ensure that improvement is not halted after reporting a sharp decline in cases last year, because of high-risk areas due to conflict, misinformation, and climate disruptions.
The latest Anti-Polio Campaign in Pakistan is aimed at over 45 million children under the age of five with an intensive, seven-day, door-to-door exercise that is facilitated by hundreds of thousands of trained workers. The scale in itself makes the Latest Anti-Polio Campaign in Pakistan one of the greatest works as far as the public health operations in the region are concerned this year.
Why this year’s drive matters more than ever
The campaign, which follows quantifiable improvement, compared to the previous years, is that unlike in the past years, there are nearly half the number of cases as there were in the previous year. The advancement that has come about, however, is shallow. There is the threat of militancy, vaccine hesitancy and access disruption due to floods, which are affecting access in remote districts. The Pakistani Latest Anti-Polio Campaign is thus not only a matter of immunisation but keeping the pace in one of the last polio endemic regions in the world.
The authorities emphasise that elimination can now be done provided that parents comply and vaccination providers can work without harm. A defeat in 2020 can cancel years of work; a victory can eventually put the virus on the verge of extinction. Visit homepage for more updates.
