Pakistan and Germany sign financial agreement

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Germany have signed a financing agreement on polioeradication.

Secretary Economic Affairs Division Noor Ahmed and Country Director ofGermany’s government-owned development bank KfW Germany Wolfgang Moellersigned Financing Agreement for Polio Eradication Phase II worth fivemillion Euros in Islamabad today.

The agreement envisages to exclusively finance polio vaccines as well asvaccination campaigns to strengthen measures for the implementation ofPakistan’s 2018-2019 National Polio Emergency Action Plan.

The programme is to be executed by UNICEF and WHO and is in continuation ofPolio Eradication Programme Phase I.

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The National Task Force for Polio Eradication headed by the Prime Ministerhas led to marked reduction in the numbers of polio cases from 306 in 2014to 54 in 2015, 20 in 2016, 8 in 2017 and only 4 in 2018.

The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination ishoping to eradicate the menace of polio from Pakistan till the year 2020.