Pakistan: campaign against polio

(ANSA) - ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 13 - While polio cases are increasing at an alarming rate in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has today launched a national campaign to eradicate the disease with the aim of vaccinating about four million children up to five years of age. 'age.
With the last four cases reported yesterday in the western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the total number of patients dropped since the beginning of the year has risen to 98.
During a ceremony in Islamabad, Imran Khan stressed that Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world, along with Afghanistan, still affected by the disease, calling the problem "a cause for shame". The prime minister has therefore led the mothers to bring their children to the cleaning centers themselves.