Newsletter: July 2026

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WHO Pakistan Representative Dr Luo Dapeng speaks during the National Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Conference celebrated today in Islamabad. Photo credit: Hamid Inam/WHO Pakistan.

WHO joins Pakistan and partners to strengthen long-term preparedness for climate-driven floods and stands ready to assist 1.8 million people this year

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WHO Regional Director Hanan Balkhy delivering remarks during the launch of WHO Pakistan Public-Private Council in Karachi. Photo credit: Hamid Inam/WHO Pakistan

WHO’s first Public-Private Council launched with business leaders and the Government of Pakistan to accelerate the health agenda

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A Hepatitis C survivor who recovered after receiving treatment at Islamabad’s Civil Dispensary. Photo credit: Sara Akmal/WHO Pakistan

12.9 million people are living with hepatitis in Pakistan, WHO renews support to advance 2030 elimination targets

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WHO EMRO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy and partners met with female frontline workers during a visit of the Polio Oversight Board to the National Emergency Operations Centre leading polio eradication in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo credit: Hamid Inam/WHO Pakistan.

WHO Regional Director reaffirms support as Pakistan intensifies “critical” efforts to interrupt polio transmission over the next 6 months

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WHO Representative in Pakistan and partners launched a joint initiative to strengthen the health work force. Photo credit: Hamid Inam

Pakistan, ILO and WHO will support 20 000 health workers and create decent jobs in the sector

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WHO Representative in Pakistan and partners launched a joint initiative to strengthen the health work force. Photo credit: Hamid Inam

BISP, WFP, WHO, UNICEF extend partnership to protect 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition in Pakistan

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Social media highlights

WHO teams personally examined two children affected by paralytic polio in Pakistan

WHO teams personally examined two children affected by paralytic polio in Pakistan during Regional Director's visit

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WHO Regional Director met women polio workers to listen how we can better help them #EndPolio

WHO Regional Director met women polio workers in Pakistan to listen to how we can better help them #EndPolio

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Information resources

Pakistan hepatitis factsheet 2026

Pakistan hepatitis factsheet 2026

An estimated 12.9 million people were living with chronic viral hepatitis in Pakistan in 2024.

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