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15 03, 2016

Japan renews commitment to bring Pakistan closer to becoming polio-free

2017-04-26T12:34:50+00:00

The Government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement of 360,000,000 Japanese Yen (US$ 2,981,554) worth grant  to support interruption of the wild polio virus in Pakistan. The grant will help procurement of 16,078,990 doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV); sufficient to vaccinate 14,356,241 children under the age of five in ten mop-up [...]

15 11, 2015

VEP arranges its 2nd Meeting

2017-04-26T12:34:54+00:00

Med Rev Report Members of Vaccine Expert Panel: Dr. Ejaz A. Khan (General Secretary) - Islamabad, Prof. Iqbal Memon – Karachi, Prof. Ashraf Sultan – Lahore, Prof. Sajid Maqbool – Lahore, Dr. Naseer Uddin Mahmood – Karachi, Prof. Nadeem Khawar – Peshawar, Prof. Haider Sherazi – Islamabad, Prof. Gen. Salman Ali – Islamabad & Dr. [...]

15 04, 2015

Experts discuss Vaccination issues in Pakistan

2017-04-26T12:34:55+00:00

Members of Vaccine Expert Panel Ejaz A. Khan (General Secretary) - Islamabad  Iqbal Memon – Karachi, Naseer Uddin Mahmood – Karachi, Ashraf Sultan – Lahore, Sajid Maqbool – Lahore, Haider Sherazi – Islamabad, Gen. Salman Ali – Islamabad, Salma Sheikh – Hyderabad and Nadeem Khawar – Peshawar Med Rev Report A meeting of the members of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) [...]

15 12, 2012

Anti-polio campaign suspended in Sindh

2013-05-15T16:07:05+00:00

Due to the killing of polio workers in different areas of Karachi, Sindh government has suspended the ongoing anti-polio campaign throughout the province immediately. Sindh Health Minister Dr. Sagheer Ahmed at a press conference termed the attacks as a conspiracy against the nation and the country. He strongly condemned the killings of polio workers working [...]

15 01, 2012

Malnourishment Major Obstacle to Polio Eradication

2017-04-26T12:35:18+00:00

Sindh Health Minister, Dr. Sagheer Ahmed has shown concern on decreasing routine immunization and growing malnourishment among children under five. It  being  some of the major impediments to the eradication of polio from the province. He expressed his views at a Seminar on  ‘Paediatric Infectious Disease: Insights from Local Research’ organised by Aga Khan University [...]

15 06, 2011

150,000 children die of vaccine-preventable diseases every year

2017-04-26T12:35:25+00:00

Aga Khan University (AKU) in collaboration with Trust for Vaccines & Immunizations (TVI)  organised the Two-day National Vaccination Seminar recently at AKU, Karachi. The two-day Seminar aimed to unite all health professionals and civil society representatives besides other stakeholders such as policy makers, international health organisations including, USAID, WHO, UNICEF, health officials at federal and [...]