UAE is a world leader in the fight against polio
UAE become a pioneer and continued to support global efforts to combat polio, which contributed to saving lives and improving the quality of millions of children around the world and its efforts to reduce diseases and epidemics, reduce the impact of crises and disasters, improve the lives of individuals everywhere around the world, and preserve their health and safety
The UAE Pakistan Vaccination Assistance Programme has administered round six hundred million doses of polio vaccine in Pakistan on account that 2014, protective 102 million children.
In which the UAE has firmly stood by the polio programme with vital yearly contributions and in pleas for extra funding to address unforeseen challenges such as COVID-19
Through the Emirates Polio Campaign initiative, the UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE-PAP) plays an important role in driving eradication efforts at the frontline of Pakistan’s most vulnerable communities. In 2020, as part of the Emirates Polio Campaign, UAE-PAP support ensured close to 16 million children under five years of age received protection through repeated polio campaigns and all frontline workers in 84 districts received personal protective equipment and training to facilitate protection from COVID-19.
“The efforts and sacrifices of the field vaccination teams, who faced difficult field conditions and dangerous challenges, greatly contribute to the success of the campaigns and reducing the spread of poliovirus in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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