The Last Mile to a Polio-Free Pakistan
Pakistan is closer than ever to ending polio. This strategy focuses every effort on interrupting transmission, reaching every child and protecting progress for good.
One final push. One shared purpose.
Pakistan has made remarkable progress, but poliovirus still finds children who are repeatedly missed. The final stage demands sharper focus, faster learning and stronger trust in the communities most at risk.
The strategy turns lessons from the field into a coordinated plan for stopping transmission and sustaining eradication.
Two goals. One connected effort.
Permanently interrupt wild poliovirus transmission.
The central priority for Pakistan and Afghanistan, the world's last endemic countries.
Stop vaccine-derived poliovirus and prevent outbreaks.
Maintain the capacity to detect and respond rapidly to any poliovirus wherever it appears.
From evidence to action
Pakistan's approach follows the global Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026. Its goals are designed to reinforce one another because neither can succeed alone.
Find
Detect virus and immunity gaps.
Focus
Prioritize the highest-risk places.
Reach
Vaccinate every missed child.
Learn
Review results in real time.
Adapt
Improve the next response.
Trust is built at the doorstep
Frontline workers are the heart of eradication. They listen to families, answer questions and return until every eligible child is protected.
Their local knowledge turns a national strategy into action, one conversation and one child at a time.
Clear ownership. Faster decisions.
Progress is tracked at every level so teams can solve problems quickly and leaders can direct support where it matters most.
Daily visibility
Teams use field data to see missed children, campaign quality and emerging risks.
District ownership
Local leaders review results, remove barriers and follow actions through to completion.
Independent review
External evidence strengthens accountability, learning and public confidence.
Daily visibility
Teams use field data to see missed children, campaign quality and emerging risks.
Detect early. Respond fast.
Sensitive surveillance, rapid outbreak response and tools including novel oral polio vaccine type 2 help the programme act before the virus can spread further.
Every doorstep. Every opportunity.
Frontline workers move house in demanding conditions. The strategy strengthens campaign quality and supports workers to reach children at home or at every other opportunity to vaccinate.