Japan sets aside US$4.6m to help Pakistan fight polio
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad: Japan has unveiled aid worth 510 million yen (Dh16.6 million) for Pakistan´s polio vaccine programme, to support the country´s campaigns during the 2018/19 low transmission season. The notes of the grant were signed and exchanged on Monday between the government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Children´s Fund (Unicef), a press release issued by the Embassy of Japan here said. The grant, worth US$4.6 million, will support the procurement of 25 million doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV); sufficient to vaccinate...