Pakistan's polio cases fell by half in 2025 despite attacks on vaccination teams

Pakistan reported fewer than half as many cases of polio in 2025 than the previous year, a sign of progress in its eradication campaign even as vaccinators faced repeated militant attacks, according to a statement from the government-run Polio Eradication Initiative. The announcement came two weeks after Pakistan launched its final nationwide polio vaccination campaign of the year, targeting 45 million children. Anwarul Haq, who is the coordinator of the National Emergency Operations Centre for

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