{"id":77211,"date":"2025-02-18T00:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=77211"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:53:38","slug":"big-catch-up-campaign-launched-to-vaccinate-359000-children-in-peshawar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/big-catch-up-campaign-launched-to-vaccinate-359000-children-in-peshawar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big Catch-Up Campaign\u2019 launched to vaccinate 359000 children in Peshawar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sarmad Salim Akram formally inaugurated the \u2018Big Catch-Up Campaign\u2019 for primary immunization at the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) here on Monday.<br \/>\nThe 12-day immunization drive will deploy 433 teams to vaccinate approximately 359,000 children across the district, protecting them from polio and other deadly diseases.<br \/>\nAdditional Deputy Commissioner (General) Rao Hashim Azim, District Health Officer Dr. Muhammad Idris, and other officials were also present at the launch.<br \/>\nSpeaking on the occasion, DC Sarmad Salim Akram emphasized the importance of basic immunization in safeguarding children\u2019s health. He urged parents and guardians to cooperate with vaccination teams to ensure that every eligible child receives protection.<br \/>\nDC Peshawar said that the campaign aims to enhance routine immunization coverage and prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. He said that the district administration, health department, community leaders, and scholars were actively working to raise awareness and dispel misconceptions about vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sarmad Salim Akram formally inaugurated the \u2018Big Catch-Up Campaign\u2019 for primary immunization at the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) here on Monday. The 12-day immunization drive will deploy 433 teams to vaccinate approximately 359,000 children across the district, protecting them from polio and other deadly diseases. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Rao Hashim Azim, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77231,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77211\/revisions\/77231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}