Karachi inches up in HPV drive, still trails Sindh
Sindh’s HPV drive at 48%, but Karachi lag and refusals hinder overall gains By Mukhtar Alam KARACHI: Karachi — often described as the city of enlightened people — has consistently struggled at the bottom of HPV vaccination coverage lists. However, it recorded a slight improvement, with rates rising by three percentage points on the 10th day of the ongoing national campaign to vaccinate adolescent girls against cervical cancer, it emerged on September 26. According to data released by the Sindh Directorate of Immunisation, combined coverage across Karachi’s districts reached 36% on September 25 , compared to 33% on September 23 . While Sukkur and Shaheed Benazirabad also showed improvement on September 24, they failed, unlike Karachi, to sustain the upward momentum the following day. A comparative analysis showed Sindh maintaining an edge over Punjab, Kashmir, and Islamabad, reporting 58% daily coverage on September 24–25 and 57% on September 23 , the eighth day of the campaig...