Japan grants US$4.3 million for polio vaccines in Pakistan
The Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative will use the money to buy more than 28 million doses for campaigns in 2027.
Japan has announced a US$4.3 million grant to procure oral polio vaccines for Pakistan, money the Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) will use for more than 28 million doses for campaigns in 2027.
The grant was announced in Islamabad on 13 November. APP reported that it is part of Japan's continued support to Pakistan's polio eradication efforts and that the funds are meant for essential oral polio vaccines.
PEI will use the money to procure the doses, which are to support polio campaigns in 2027, the APP report said. The grant covers vaccine procurement.
Tribal News Network carried the announcement as a renewal of Japanese support for a polio-free Pakistan. UNICEF announced the same grant, giving the same US$4.3 million figure.
APP reported that Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where wild poliovirus remains endemic.
How the reports differ
APP alone carried the procurement detail, reporting that the money would buy more than 28 million doses for campaigns in 2027, and it alone noted that Pakistan is one of only two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic. Tribal News Network and UNICEF published the same US$4.3 million figure under headlines describing the grant as renewed Japanese support for polio eradication, without the dose count.
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