{"id":107525,"date":"2026-04-13T16:39:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=107525"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:39:31","slug":"govt-launches-anti-polio-campaign-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/govt-launches-anti-polio-campaign-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt launches anti-polio campaign 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal capital has officially started its second<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/seven-day-anti-polio-camping-to-start-from-feb-2\/\"> anti-polio campaign<\/a> of 2026. This four-day initiative begins today and will continue until April 16.<\/p>\n<p>Health teams will conduct a three-day door-to-door drive, while the final day serves as a catch-up day for missed children. Authorities have set a target to vaccinate 447614 children in Islamabad through this anti-polio campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant commissioners monitored the launch by participating in morning assemblies with frontline workers. The teams work to visit all city households so they can achieve complete citywide coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Polio workers have also established special vaccination camps in hospitals, schools, and public places. DC Islamabad Irfan Memon stated that workers will reach every house under this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He urged all citizens to cooperate fully with the mobile teams to protect children from the virus. Public cooperation is necessary to eliminate the disease, according to Irfan Memon.<\/p>\n<p>The district administration remains committed to a polio-free Pakistan through this organized anti-polio campaign. The health authorities encourage parents to ensure their children receive the life-saving drops at their doorstep or at nearby centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal capital has officially started its second anti-polio campaign of 2026. This four-day initiative begins today and will continue until April 16. Health teams will conduct a three-day door-to-door drive, while the final day serves as a catch-up day for missed children. Authorities have set a target to vaccinate 447614 children in Islamabad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":34622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[12373,218],"class_list":["post-107525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-latest-news","tag-anti-polio-campaign","tag-polio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107526,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107525\/revisions\/107526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}