--- title: "Polio vaccination campaign to begin in Balochistan" description: "Most outlets reported on the launch of a five-day polio vaccination campaign in Balochistan, noting the number of districts involved and the target number of children to be vaccinated, with figures ranging from 300,000 to 378,000. Arab News Pakistan mentioned the province is \"militancy-hit,\" while Daily Times specified the campaign would take place in the Quetta block and target children aged 5 to 10. 24 News HD provided a brief, general overview without additional details." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/5662-polio-booster-campaign-to-vaccinate-378-000-children site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Polio vaccination campaign to begin in Balochistan pakistan · latest filing 1 Sep 2026, 6:31 AM PKT · 30 Aug – 1 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported on the launch of a five-day polio vaccination campaign in Balochistan, highlighting the number of children targeted and the geographic scope. Arab News Pakistan mentioned the campaign in five districts and a goal of vaccinating 300,000 children, while Daily Times focused on the Quetta block and a slightly higher target of 378,000 children. Both emphasized the campaign’s start date and duration but framed the scale of the initiative differently. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 1 Sep 2026 — Anti-polio drive launched in Balochistan to vaccinate 300,000 children (1 outlet) - **Daily Times** — [Anti-polio drive launched in Balochistan to vaccinate 300,000 children](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1546210/anti-polio-drive-launched-in-balochistan-to-vaccinate-300000-children/) · 1 Sep 2026, 6:31 AM PKT > Pakistan launched a five-day polio vaccination campaign in five districts of the militancy-hit southwestern Balochistan province on Monday, state media reported, aiming to target more than 300,000 children under under the age of 10 as Islamabad intensifies efforts to eliminate the disease. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries worldwide where poliovirus remains endemic. […] ### 30 Aug 2026 — Polio vaccination campaign to begin in Balochistan (3 outlets) > Most outlets reported on the launch of a five-day polio vaccination campaign in Balochistan, noting the number of districts involved and the target number of children to be vaccinated, with figures ranging from 300,000 to 378,000. Arab News Pakistan mentioned the province is "militancy-hit," while Daily Times specified the campaign would take place in the Quetta block and target children aged 5 to 10. 24 News HD provided a brief, general overview without additional details. - **Daily Times** — [Polio booster campaign to vaccinate 378,000 children in Quetta block](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1545653/polio-booster-campaign-to-vaccinate-378000-children-in-quetta-block/) · 31 Aug 2026, 3:20 AM PKT > The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Balochistan will launch a five-day polio booster campaign across the Quetta block starting Monday, aiming to vaccinate approximately 378,000 children aged 5 to 10 years. According to EOC Coordinator Inam ul Haq, nearly 1,200 vaccination teams have been deployed to cover schools and madrassas in Quetta, Chaman, Qila Abdullah, Pishin, […] - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan launches anti-polio drive in Balochistan to vaccinate 300,000 children](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2656414/pakistan) · 31 Aug 2026, 3:08 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a five-day polio vaccination campaign in five districts of the militancy-hit southwestern Balochistan province on Monday, state media reported, aiming to target more than 300,000 children under under the age of 10 as Islamabad intensifies efforts to eliminate the disease. - **24 News HD** — [Anti-polio campaign begins in five districts of Balochistan tomorrow](https://www.24newshd.tv/30-Aug-2026/anti-polio-campaign-begins-five-districts-balochistan-tomorrow) · 30 Aug 2026, 8:56 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > A five-day anti-polio vaccination campaign will begin in five districts of Balochistan tomorrow. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan launches polio vaccination campaign targeting over a million children in Islamabad and Rawalpindi](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2645-govt-launches-polio-drive-targeting-over-a-million-children) · 11 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 84% related 4 articles from 3 outlets, 30 Aug – 1 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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