Vaccines have saved 2.6 million children's lives in Pakistan over five decades

WHO reported in April 2026 that Pakistan's Expanded Programme on Immunization has protected over 160 million children and 130 million mothers since 1978 — putting the country among the world's top five for absolute reductions in child deaths from vaccines. Routine immunization alone now prevents up to 17% of all childhood deaths in Pakistan, while paralytic polio has fallen 99.8% since 1994.