UAE delivers over 647m doses of polio vaccine in Pakistan

UAE delivers over 647m doses of polio vaccine in Pakistan

Abu Dhabi / WAM

The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE PAP) has announced the results of the UAE Polio Vaccination Campaign carried out in Pakistan from 2014 to the end of September, highlighting that the campaign succeeded in administering 647,758,365 doses of vaccination against polio in nine years in Pakistan.

The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, to offer humanitarian and development aid to  Pakistan, support its health  sector and launch-related prevention programmes in the country.

In 2014, the campaign targeted three million children, bringing the number to 17 million children per month during 2022.

Since 2011, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed donated $376 million to humanitarian and charity efforts aimed at providing vaccines and financing polio eradication campaigns, most notably in countries targeted by his initiative, which are Pakistan and Afghanistan.

During the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the UAE Polio Vaccination Campaign managed to provide 192,181,646 doses of the vaccine from July 2020 until September 2022.

The campaign’s geographical coverage comprised 85 difficult to reach high-risk areas in Pakistan, and its scope