The EPI Sindh, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Population Welfare, has formally launched the Measles-Rubella (MR) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) vaccination campaign 2025. The campaign will continue across the province from 17 November to 29 November 2025. It is being regarded as a vital step to protect children from preventable diseases […]
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Balochistan launches major measles-rubella drive
QUETTA: Balochistan has launched a large-scale measles-rubella vaccination campaign beginning today (Nov 17), aiming to inoculate more than 2.2 million children across the province. The effort, announced by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation’s (EPI) provincial coordinator Dr Aftab Kakar, will continue until Nov 29. Read More: Nationwide rubella, measles vaccination drive to begin from today Speaking at a […]
Sindh to vaccinate 8.2m children against measles, rubella
Chief Secretary Sindh Asif Hyder Shah paid a detailed visit to the Emergency and Operations Center (EOC) to review the preparations for the upcoming nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) and Polio vaccination campaign. He was accompanied by Commissioner Karachi, Secretary Health, representatives from the EOC, and officials of partner organizations. During the briefing, the Chief Secretary was […]
WHO, Pakistan to vaccinate 35 million children in nationwide
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has partnered with the Government of Pakistan to train over 140,000 health workers for an upcoming nationwide measles and rubella (MR) vaccination campaign targeting 35.4 million children aged between 6 and 59 months. Scheduled to take place from November 17 to 29, 2025, the campaign aims to bridge a widening […]
Bill Gates pledges $1.6 billion to protect poor children from measles and other diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $1.6 billion to help protect millions of poor children from deadly diseases like measles and diphtheria. The funding will go to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, over the next five years to support vaccine purchase and distribution in low-income countries. Bill Gates said the world is at risk […]
Measles outbreak: 157 children dead
HARARE: Measles outbreak: 157 children are dead. A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said on Tuesday. Cases have been growing rapidly in the southern African nation since authorities said the first infection was logged earlier this month, with reported […]
Pakistan to immunize 90m children against rubella, measles
The federal government has decided to vaccinate over 90 million children, aged between nine months and 15 years, against measles and rubella, Special Assistant to the PM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan has announced. At a talk on Friday, he revealed that the campaign will begin on November 15 and last till November 27. “We […]
Paediatricians complain 19.5 m children not being administered vaccinations
In a statement issued to commemorate World Immunisation Week, on Monday, paediatricians remarked, “Vaccines are the most affordable solution when it comes to preventing certain health hazards like polio, measles, whooping cough, diarrhoea and pneumonia.” Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) President, Professor Gohar Rehman, also the Paediatrics HOD of Hayatabad Medical Complex asserted, “Vaccines prevent six […]
Dozens quarantined in California after measles exposure
Dozens of people at two California universities have been quarantined as US health officials battle to stop the spread of a nationwide measles outbreak, authorities said Thursday. The Department of Public Health said hundreds of students and staff at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University (Cal State) had been exposed […]