1. Introduction

**1. Drought situation **

Below normal rainfall was recorded over most of the southern parts of the country as predicted by PMD. Major rainfall deficit was experienced over the provinces of Sindh (-71.9%), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (-46.9%) and Balochistan (-44.2%) during June to November, 2018. The area weighted rainfall departure (%) detail is as under table-1;

Critically important to ensure every child gets two drops of the polio vaccine during the campaign

Islamabad, 9 December 2018 – Closest ever to its goal of stopping Polio virus circulation, Pakistan starts the last nationwide door to door Polio vaccination campaign of the year from 10th December. During these days, over 270,000 frontline workers will go door to door to ensure 38.7 million children aged 0 – 5 years receive polio vaccines that will protect them against the poliovirus.

Critically important to ensure every child gets two drops of the polio vaccine during December campaign: National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)