--- title: "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launches September polio vaccination campaign for 7.3 million children" description: "Most outlets reported the launch of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s September polio campaign, focusing on the target of vaccinating 7.3 million children between September 21 and 27. Duny News added that 35,000 teams would be deployed for the campaign, while Associated Press of Pakistan did not mention the number of teams. Both excerpts presented the initiative as a routine public health effort." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9219-kp-launches-september-polio-drive-to-vaccinate-7-3m-children site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launches September polio vaccination campaign for 7.3 million children pakistan · updated 20 Sep 2026, 11:01 AM PKT · 18–20 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Both outlets reported that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launched its September polio campaign, targeting 7.3 million children between September 21 and 27. Associated Press of Pakistan focused on the campaign’s launch and its overall goal, while Dunya News added the detail about the deployment of 35,000 teams across the province to administer the vaccines. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 20 Sep 2026 — Over seven million children to be vaccinated against polio in KP this month (1 outlet) - **Dawn** — [Over seven million children to be vaccinated against polio in KP this month](https://www.dawn.com/news/2031202/over-seven-million-children-to-be-vaccinated-against-polio-in-kp-this-month) · 20 Sep 2026, 11:01 AM PKT > PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally launched its September anti-polio campaign. The drive was jointly inaugurated by health minister Khaliqur Rehman and chief secretary Shahab Ali Shah. The event was also attended by health secretary Fayyaz Ali Shah, officials of the Provincial Polio Emergency Operations Centre, representatives of international partner organisations and mem... ### 18 Sep 2026 — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launches September polio vaccination campaign for 7.3 million children (2 outlets) > Most outlets reported the launch of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s September polio campaign, focusing on the target of vaccinating 7.3 million children between September 21 and 27. Duny News added that 35,000 teams would be deployed for the campaign, while Associated Press of Pakistan did not mention the number of teams. Both excerpts presented the initiative as a routine public health effort. - **Dunya News** — [KP launches September polio drive to vaccinate 7.3m children](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Health/973532-kp-launches-september-polio-drive-to-vaccinate-73m-children) · 18 Sep 2026, 3:44 PM PKT > KP launched its September anti-polio campaign, targeting 7.3 million children from Sept 21-27, with 35,000 teams deployed across the province to administer vaccines. - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [KP launches September polio drive to vaccinate 7.3m children](https://www.app.com.pk/national/kp-launches-september-polio-drive-to-vaccinate-7-3m-children/) · 18 Sep 2026, 3:36 PM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing > Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday launched its September anti-polio campaign with a target of administering polio drops to 7.3 million children across the province from September 21 to 27. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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