Pakistan&& s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that the government had been in contact with Afghanistan to eliminate polio.Addressing an event in Islamabad to release Pakistan&& s project, he said they intend to immunise countless children.Shehbaz said: && We initiated the first polio elimination project of 2025 today.&&& & Anti-polio teams will fulfil their duty by administering vaccine drops to kids.&& Sharif revealed that only one polio case had actually been reported in January this year in Pakistan but mentioned: && I wish not a single case had emerged this year.&& He stated that in partnership with worldwide organisations and partners, Pakistan would pursue polio removal.&& We will remove polio with the assistance of Saudi Arabia, the Bill - & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other partners.&& The prime minister reiterated that Pakistan had actually been coordinating with Afghanistan to fight polio.
He stressed that only through joint efforts might the disease be eradicated.The World Health Organization stated last month that the overall number of wild polio cases in Afghanistan in 2015 were 25 and Pakistan 73.
This protested the total case count of 12 in 2023 &-- 6 in Afghanistan and 6 in Pakistan.In December, Afghanistan&& s Ministry of Public Health announced that they had actually begun a polio vaccination campaign in a variety of provinces of the country in coordination with worldwide organizations.According to a press release from the ministry, at least 5.3 million kids under the age of 5 received the polio vaccine in 11 provinces of the country.Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only 2 countries on the planet where polio has actually not yet been eradicated and is still declaring the lives of children.The post Pakistan engages with Afghanistan to get rid of polio very first appeared on Ariana News.