The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a special polio campaign in Peshawar and Khyber districts to protect more than 900,000 children up to 10 years of age from polio, a disease that can leave lasting paralysis.
High-risk areas across two districts
The drive is focused on high-risk parts of Peshawar and neighbouring Khyber. Vaccination work is under way in 78 high-risk union councils—local neighbourhood-level areas—across the two districts. WHO teams are backing the effort so children’s immunity is stronger and poliovirus is less likely to spread where the risk remains high.
Drops and an injectable booster
Children covered by the campaign are receiving polio drops, the oral vaccine given by mouth, and a booster dose of the injectable polio vaccine, a shot that adds another layer of protection. Health workers say the combination is meant to close gaps in immunity among eligible children in these vulnerable zones.
Part of Pakistan’s eradication push
This polio campaign in Peshawar and Khyber sits within wider work to reach every eligible child with life-saving vaccines and to move Pakistan closer to ending polio. Reaching children up to age 10 in 78 union councils is intended to leave fewer unprotected pockets where the virus could still circulate.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Peshawar aur Khyber ke khatre wale ilaqon mein khas polio muna chal raha hai. WHO is mein madad kar raha hai taake 10 saal tak ke 900,000 se zyada bachchon ko mehfooz kiya ja sake. Bachchon ko polio ke drops aur injectable booster dose di ja rahi hai. Agar aap in 78 union councils mein rehte hain, to apne bachchon ko yeh teeke zaroor dilwayein.
