Pakistan Extends Cervical Cancer Vaccination Drive Amid Parental Hesitancy Islamabad – Pakistan’s nationwide campaign to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer is being extended after significant parental resistance slowed progress. During the anti-cervical cancer drive, over 3.6 million parents across the country refused the HPV vaccine for their daughters. Punjab recorded the highest number of refusals, […]
Pakistan Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for Adolescent Girls Islamabad – Pakistan has kicked off a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women. The drive began on September 15 in Punjab, Sindh, Islamabad, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and will continue until September 27. The campaign targets around 13 million […]
Pakistan Engages Leaders to Boost HPV Vaccination Campaign ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Health is set to reach out to political and religious leaders as part of a nationwide push to promote the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Officials familiar with the plan said the government aims to persuade these leaders of the importance of the […]
Pakistan Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for Girls Islamabad – Pakistan has kicked off a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign targeting girls aged 9 to 14, officials confirmed. The drive, which will run from September 15 to 27, covers Punjab, Sindh, Islamabad, and Azad Kashmir. The federal and provincial governments, along with Azad Kashmir authorities, have […]
Pakistan Receives Final HPV Vaccine Shipment Ahead of Nationwide Cervical Cancer Drive Islamabad – Pakistan has received the last batch of HPV vaccines, completing the full supply needed for the country’s first-ever nationwide cervical cancer immunization campaign, officials confirmed on Tuesday. UNICEF has provided a total of 13 million doses of the HPV vaccine, accompanied […]
Pakistan Aims for Local Vaccine Production, Pharma Industry Urged to Collaborate Islamabad – A delegation from the Pakistan Pharma Manufacturing Association met with the Health Minister on Tuesday to discuss key developments in the country’s pharmaceutical sector. The meeting was also attended by the CEO of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and other […]
A press release said the centres, funded by GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, will provide access to lifesaving vaccines and essential health care services to populations previously lacking access. Thirteen prefabricated vaccination centres are already operational in Punjab, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan, while the remaining 13 are in the procurement phase and will be built in […]
“We are deeply saddened to report that a school-aged child who was recently diagnosed with measles has passed away,” Aaron Davis, vice president of UMC Health System, a medical center in Texas, told AFP. The child had been receiving treatment for “complications of measles” in hospital, he said, adding they were “not vaccinated against measles […]
According to sources, the latest weekly environmental testing, conducted between March 4 and 12, revealed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1) in sewage samples from multiple locations. Sources from the Regional Reference Laboratory confirmed that sewage lines in all four provinces showed signs of contamination. Positive samples were reported from nine districts in […]
According to the ministry, a total of 170,000 doses, including vaccines for polio, meningitis, and other diseases, will be procured. Interested pharmaceutical companies have been asked to submit their applications by February 25. Pilgrims will be vaccinated at Hajj 2025 camps across Pakistan before their departure to Saudi Arabia. The number of doses may be […]
