Peshawar: The number of unvaccinated children due to parents’ refusal has been in recent years Immune Driver Compared to previous campaigns, data shows.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s five-day holiday work recorded 17,136 children, not receiving polio vaccines (OPVs) everywhere, mainly due to parents’ unwillingness to allow declines in Islam, or because those designed by Western countries were designed by Western countries that reduced the audience and mean people to lower Muster and Muster’s population.
The first argument was strongly rejected by the decree issued by Islamic scholars from well-known universities and religious schools. Laboratory scientists rejected a second plea to non-vaccination, saying the falls are safe and play a major role in eliminating fragile diseases around the world.
However, the vaccination drive recently settled last week showed that the number of rejections against polio drips has dropped to 14.712, which authorities attributed to the hard work of frontline vaccinators with strong support from regional governments and regional health officials.
In the last campaign, only 17,136 children remain uninoculated
In May, the statistical time for children to remain uninoculated was 64,328, an increase of less than 1,000 due to the unsellability of health workers during door-to-door visits.
As usual, Peshawar is still on the list of rejection cases, recording 5.977 unvaccinated children in September, down from 6,812 in May, while Lakki Marwat is second in second with 2,128 refusal cases, while 2,382 were recorded in September.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has detected 18 cases of polio, the highest number recorded in any province in Pakistan so far this year. At the age of 27, the total number of polio cases registered in the country.
The disease weakens seven children in Sindh, each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, four cases were recorded in Lakki Marwat, Tank and North Waziristan, three were recorded in Bannu, Torghar, Kohistan and Dera Ismail Khan.
The disease is most prevalent, with violent attacks on the southern part of the province, with the number of rejected and inestimable children exceeding the rest of the province.
The situation in the Central Region and Malacand, apart from Peshawar, is not a concern because vaccinators have no problems reaching the target population, but the southern belt is full of problems that have been leaning towards a smooth tail of the drive, making the drama even more difficult.
Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, as the chairman of the Polio Task Force, was aware of the problems in the southern region and had been meeting with the regional government and giving instructions to everyone, EOC officials said. Years of efforts will receive a decline in counter-policy.
They said the last driving was conducted peacefully because no violent cases were reported, but the problem of unvaccinated children remains the main task.
“Our workers target more than 99% of children, but less than one percent of children remain uninoculated due to rejection or inestimation during the campaign. To be certified for polio, we need to ensure that all children are vaccinated for three consecutive years,” the official said.
They say they missed very few children in every campaign, thus eradicating the elimination of fragile diseases.
There are many people who oppose vacations, and they have been rejecting polio vacations in vulnerable places.
This vicious cycle continues to prevent the elimination efforts and the lives of police and health workers who were killed by unidentified armed personnel in the province’s anti-police campaign.
Posted in Dawn on September 29, 2025
