Pakistan recorded two additional polio infections within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this week. Health authorities confirmed that a nineteen-month-old child from Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan contracted the virus alongside an eleven-month-old infant from Suleman Khel tehsil in Lakki Marwat. These latest infections bring Pakistan's total polio count to twenty-six cases across multiple provinces during 2025.
The National Institute of Health documented eighteen cases within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Sindh province reported six infections. Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan each recorded single cases throughout the current year. Wild poliovirus continues circulating only within Pakistan and Afghanistan globally, making vaccination campaigns essential for protection. Environmental surveillance detected the virus in fifty-one samples from eighty-seven districts tested during August.
Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launched intensive immunization efforts Monday through September eighteenth. Children residing in remote areas face elevated risks due to limited vaccine access and community resistance toward immunization programs.
The National Institute of Health documented eighteen cases within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Sindh province reported six infections. Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan each recorded single cases throughout the current year. Wild poliovirus continues circulating only within Pakistan and Afghanistan globally, making vaccination campaigns essential for protection. Environmental surveillance detected the virus in fifty-one samples from eighty-seven districts tested during August.
Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launched intensive immunization efforts Monday through September eighteenth. Children residing in remote areas face elevated risks due to limited vaccine access and community resistance toward immunization programs.
