(ANSA) - ROMA, 29 APR - epa11308174 A health worker
administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door
vaccination campaign, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 29 April 2024.
Pakistani authorities on 29 April launched a week-long campaign
to vaccinate 24 million children against poliovirus in 91
selected districts, aiming to eliminate the disease from the
country. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with billionaire
philanthropist Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum's special
meeting in Riyadh, discussing Pakistan's efforts to eradicate
polio and seeking continued partnership with the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a statement released by
the Prime Ministers Office (PMO). Pakistan and Afghanistan are
the only two nations where poliovirus is still endemic.
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