Health Worker Administers Polio Drops in Anti-Polio Campaign
A photograph from Pakistan's ongoing immunization drive shows a lady health worker vaccinating a child against polio.
A lady health worker is seen administering oral polio drops to a child as part of an ongoing anti-polio campaign, according to a photograph released by the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
Pakistan is one of the last countries in the world where polio remains endemic, and the country periodically runs door-to-door and outreach vaccination campaigns aimed at reaching children under the age of five with the oral polio vaccine.
Lady health workers, a network of community-based female health personnel, play a central role in these drives, particularly in reaching households in urban and rural neighborhoods across the country.
The image was published in APP's photos section without additional details on the specific location or date of the campaign.
Sources
- A lady health worker administers polio drops to a child during an anti-polio campaign — APP (Pakistan)
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