The 74th Wild Poliovirus type 1 Case of 2024 in the Nation has been confirmed by the National Institutes of Health’s Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication.
One Shikarpur polio case was confirmed by the lab. This case started on December 15, 2024. This is Shikarpur’s second polio case of 2024.
In 2024, Pakistan reported 74 cases in total. Of these, one each from Punjab and Islamabad, 27 from Balochistan, 23 from Sindh, and 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Only one case of polio has been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2025.
Polio is a crippling illness for which there is no treatment. To provide children a high level of immunity against this horrible disease, all children under the age of five must receive multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and complete the recommended vaccination schedule.
The Expanded Program on Immunization offers vaccinations against 12 childhood diseases at no cost at health facilities, while the Pakistan Polio Program organizes many large vaccination drives throughout the year to provide the vaccine to children at their doorstep.
