{"id":18327,"date":"2024-09-09T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=18327"},"modified":"2024-09-09T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:42:08","slug":"week-long-special-anti-polio-vaccination-drive-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=18327","title":{"rendered":"Week-long special anti-polio vaccination drive underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; The 7th anti-polio campaign begins in Rawalpindi with a target population of 7,86000. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engr. Amir Khattak inaugurated the anti-polio campaign by administering immunization shots to young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week-long special anti-polio vaccination drive is underway across the country.&nbsp; During the campaign, children up to five years of age will be administered anti polio vaccine drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched the campaign at a ceremony in Islamabad for the complete eradication of polio from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He inaugurated the campaign across 115 districts aiming to vaccinate 30 million children against this debilitating disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the anti-polio drive around 286,000 polio workers will go door-to-door to administer polio drops to children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister expressed hope that the federal government, in collaboration with provincial governments and partners, will succeed in completely eradicating polio from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged parents to ensure their children under five receive polio drops to protect them from lifelong disability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; The 7th anti-polio campaign begins in Rawalpindi with a target population of 7,86000. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engr. Amir Khattak inaugurated the anti-polio campaign by administering immunization shots to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13],"tags":[291,747,748],"class_list":["post-18327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-main-stories","tag-national-institute-of-health-services-nih","tag-polio-eradication-efforts","tag-polio-free-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18329,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327\/revisions\/18329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}