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Pakistan Introduces HPV Vaccine to Protect Girls from Cervical Cancer, Joining 150 Countries
ISLAMABAD, 15 September 2025, – The Government of Pakistan’s Federal Directorate for Immunization (FDI) of the Government of Pakistan, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), today launched the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign to protec...
Situation report
Pakistan Floods 2025 Update
Pakistan’s particularly strong monsoon season began on 26 June. As of 12 September 2025, heavy rains and flash floods have resulted in 946 deaths, including 255 children, and 1,062 injuries, including 320 children across the country.UNICEF launched a multi sectoral response within 72 hours of the onset of the firs...
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Wasim and His Dream
Lodhran District, Punjab:, In the small village Sardar Wala, district Lodhran, Punjab, a seven-year-old boy named Muhammad Wasim used to spend his mornings in the fields, pulling out weeds with his tiny hands under the burning sun. His mother and aunt worked beside him, trying to earn just a little more than the d...
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Pernille Ironside begins new role as UNICEF Representative in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 11 August 2025, –, , Pernille Ironside, the newly appointed UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, has formally taken up her role, presenting her credentials today to Nabeel Munir, Special Secretary (UN), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Ms. Ironside reaffirmed UNICEF’s commitment to...
Statement
UNICEF Statement on Mortar Shell Explosion in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the loss of five children’s lives, with a dozen more people suffering serious injuries, following the detonation of an unexploded mortar shell in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday. The children reportedly picked up the unexploded ordnance in a nearby field, mistaking it for ...
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The Unsung Heroes of Polio Eradication in Pakistan
Taxila, Punjab:, In the dusty lanes of Taxila, located along the historic Grand Trunk Road in Rawalpindi District, Azmat Rasool, a Community Mobiliser is on a mission to immunize children in her community. In Pakistan’s fight to eradicate polio, she is one of more than 400,000 frontline workers including 225,000...
Statement
UNICEF Statement on Monsoon Floods’ Impact on Children in Pakistan
Islamabad, 17 July 2025, –, UNICEF, is deeply alarmed by the severe monsoon rains and floods sweeping across Pakistan, which have claimed the lives of 85 children since 26 June and injured 162 more. In the past 24 hours alone, 22 children have died in Punjab, mostly from their houses collapsing under relentless he...
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Trading Tools for Textbooks
Rajanpur, Punjab:, In a quiet village in Rajanpur, 12-year-old Sajjad (name changed for protection) spent his days not with schoolbooks, but with the hot sparks of a heavy, dangerous welding torch. His school days had ended before they could even begin. After losing his father at a young age, Sajjad and his mothe...
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Keeping Children Warm, Safe, and Ready to Learn in Balochistan
Quetta, Balochistan:, Winter is a particularly tough time for the small community of 500 people in Kili Ahmed Khan, a settlement on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan, where temperatures frequently plummet below zero. “It has been continuously snowing and raining in our area for many days,” says Awaiza. “Going t...
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A Circle of Care from Birth to Immunity
Karachi, Sindh:, Muhammad Ismail, 39, beams with joy as he cradles his newborn daughter—his third child, and his first girl—just hours after her birth at Sindh Government Qatar Hospital in western Karachi. The hospital holds a special place in his heart; it’s where he welcomed all three of his children, starting w...
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Fighting Typhoid
Quetta, Balochistan:, Perag, just nine months old, is a healthy, happy, and active baby - thanks to his parents, who understand the importance of timely vaccination to protect their child from preventable diseases. His father, Saghir, has taken a day off from work to bring him to the vaccination centre at Bolan Me...
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Becoming the change
Havelian, Punjab:, In a quiet community hall in Havellin, Punjab, Sundas, Sumaira, Rabia and Asiya sit together in animated conversation with other women—not about household chores or rising expenses, but about savings, budgeting, and digital banking. For many of them, this is the first time they’ve truly taken ch...