QUETTA: A seven-days anti-polio campaign in Balochistan will come to an end today.
The Coordinator Emergency Operation Center Inam ul Haq Quraish has said that today is the last day of the anti-polio vaccination campaign in Balochistan.
He said that the target is set to get 2.66 million children of Balochistan vaccinated during the campaign.
Inam ul Haq Quraish has further said that the target will be achieved today. Some 11,144 teams are participating in the seven-day campaign.
He noted that the vitamin D dose will also be given to the children.
He affirmed that the anti-polio campaign was suspended on account of untoward situation in District Chaman.
Despite some difficult law-and-order situation and security challenges, the Balochistan government has done a tremendous job for successfully carrying out the anti-polio campaign in a large and scattered areas of Balochistan.
An incident took place a couple of days earlier when a security person was shot-dead in a militant attack while he was returning from the duty of providing the anti-polio workers with the security during the campaign.
The government and the health department have clear intention to make the dream of a polio-free Balochistan come true.
The people too have expressed great involvement and intensity in order to get their children vaccinated and making the government campaign successful.
Over the past decade, Balochistan has remained Pakistan’s most affected province for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). In 2024 alone, the province recorded roughly 24–27 cases, making it the biggest contributor to the country’s total.
Earlier years showed fluctuations: for instance, in 2011 Balochistan reported 14 cases, double the previous year.
Persistent challenges—such as security threats to vaccination teams, nomadic migration, and low routine immunization coverage—have kept the region vulnerable despite national eradication efforts.
