Special drive launched to vaccinate 7.1m children in Sindh against measles
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho on Saturday inaugurated a 12-day measles vaccination drive throughout the province to protect children from the disease, which has killed 122 children in the province this year. Accompanied by provincial health secretary Dr Muhammad Usman Chachar, Sindh Expanded Program on Immunisation (EPI) project director Dr Zahoor Baloch, Sindh Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for Polio Eradication coordinator Fayaz Jatoi and other partner staff, Pechuho inaugurated the drive at a ceremony held at a KMC dispensary in the Gizri area of Karachi. The campaign is part of the National Measles Vaccination Campaign and will be conducted in all 29 districts/1,123...