UAE funds vaccination of thousands of Pakistani children

The National staff

Twenty thousand children in Pakistan were vaccinated against measles and polio in a UAE-funded campaign, according to Wam, the state news agency.

The UAE Project to Help Pakistan organised the vaccination project in Khyber Pashtunkhwa province.

About 60 doctors and nurses worked out of five health centres in the province to administer the vaccines to children and students.

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