{
  "id": 8801691,
  "title": "Campaign to begin today: Over 10m children targeted for polio vaccination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/campaign-to-begin-today-over-10m-children-targeted-for-polio",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-20T23:53:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440384/campaign-to-begin-today-over-10m-children-targeted-for-polio-vaccination"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lahore, Pakistan - A nationwide polio vaccination campaign kicks off on Monday, targeting over 10 million children under the age of five across 13 districts of Punjab province. The initiative, undertaken by the Punjab Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), aims to ensure no child misses out on the essential vaccine, with special attention given to areas facing high population movement. Over 77,000 polio workers will participate in the campaign, deploying mobile teams for door-to-door vaccination, fixed teams at designated sites, and transit teams at key movement points. The campaign will run from September 21 to 27 in Lahore, and for four days in other targeted districts. EOC coordinator Khalid Parvaiz stressed the importance of reaching children who may have been missed in previous vaccination efforts and urged parents to cooperate fully, understanding that repeated doses of the polio vaccine strengthen their children's immunity against the virus.",
  "summary": "LAHORE: A special polio vaccination campaign will begin on Monday (today), September 21, across 13 districts of Punjab, targeting more than 10 million children under five years of age with polio vaccine. The campaign will be conducted across Dera Ghazi Khan, Lahore, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rawalpindi, Rahim Yar Khan, Sheikhupura, Attock, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Kasur and Mianwali. The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}