Overview
- Lahore will run a seven-day campaign, while other districts will conduct four-day operations starting the same date.
- More than 200,000 trained frontline workers will go door to door across Punjab to deliver oral polio drops to children under five.
- Environmental sampling in Lahore shows five of six sewage sites negative for poliovirus, with one result pending to guide field planning.
- The effort is Punjab’s component of Pakistan’s first nationwide 2026 campaign from February 2–8, which aims to reach about 45 million children with over 400,000 workers.
- Authorities are using real-time monitoring and accountability mechanisms and prioritizing high-risk districts and mobile populations while urging community cooperation to counter misinformation.