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18/08/2026

๐ŸŽฌ EPI Awareness Series โ€” Episode 4 | Part 2

Pentavalent Vaccine: Protection Against 5 Life-Threatening Diseases ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

In this episode, we explore the 5 serious diseases against which the Pentavalent vaccine provides protection: Diphtheria, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Tetanus, Hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

Every child deserves protection from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccination today means a healthier and safer tomorrow. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ถ

๐Ÿ“ EPI Balochistan | Zhob
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ EPI Pakistan
๐Ÿค DFCA | SRIP | AKU | Zhob

13/08/2026

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Celebrating Independence Day at DFCA Head Office, Peshawar

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Happy Independence Day 2026
14 August 2026
Warm Independence Day wishes from the DFCA Core Team.
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ One Team โ€ข One Nation โ€ข One Vision โ€ข One Pakistan
Celebrating Freedom โ€ข Inspiring Progress โ€ข Building a Better Pakistan
Together for a Stronger, Healthier & Empowered Pakistan.

08/08/2026
Photos from Direct Focus Community Aid - DFCA's post 08/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, Direct Focus Community Aid (DFCA), in partnership with Aga Khan University (AKU) and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Pakistan, successfully organized the ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ฃ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ at Hotel City Centre, Abbottabad.

The training was conducted under the initiative โ€œ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ต๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ.
It equipped ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ with essential knowledge and practical skills to strengthen routine immunization services, enhance supportive supervision, and improve the overall performance of the ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ).

We extend our sincere appreciation to ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (๐—”๐—ž๐—จ), ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป, and all participants whose dedication and commitment contributed to the success of this important training.

๐Ÿ™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€
We are especially grateful to:
๐——๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ โ€” Divisional Officer, WHO KP
๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ข๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ โ€” Divisional Officer, WHO KP
๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—จ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ต โ€” Data System Support Officer, WHO KP for delivering valuable technical sessions and equipping participants with essential knowledge and practical skills in ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ
A special note of appreciation goes to:
๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—œ๐—บ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜‡ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ต โ€” Technical Focal Person, System Strengthening & Alternative Strategies, KP
๐——๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ โ€” Team Lead & Head of Sub-Office, WHO KP
๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—พ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ โ€” EPI & Technical Officer, VPD Surveillance, WHO KP
for their ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ in planning and organizing this important training.
Their commitment played a vital role in strengthening the capacity of ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ across Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

๐Ÿค Together, through partnership, capacity building, and evidence-based public health interventions, we continue to strengthen Pakistanโ€™s immunization system and work towards ensuring that ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€.
Direct Focus Community Aid - DFCA

Photos from Direct Focus Community Aid - DFCA's post 06/08/2026

Training Day โ€“ 4 | Strengthening Supportive Supervision for High-Quality Immunization Services
Training Day 4 of the South KP Supervisor Training on EPI Basics for ISD IPs Managers & Monitors concluded successfully with active participation and engaging discussions.
Organized by Aga Khan University (AKU) and Direct Focus Community Aid (DFCA) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Pakistan, the training focused on strengthening the knowledge and supervisory skills of EPI managers and monitors to improve the quality of routine immunization services across Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The fourth day emphasized practical learning, supportive supervision techniques, problem-solving, data quality, and strategies to enhance immunization coverage and service delivery.
DFCA remains committed to working with its partners to strengthen Pakistan's immunization programme and ensure that every child has access to life-saving vaccines.

06/08/2026

๐ŸŒŸ Feedback Success Story

From Refusal to Acceptance

A remarkable achievement from Village Wanda Dalwati, UC Dara Tang, District Lakki Marwat.

What was once a community with vaccine refusals has now become a powerful example of positive change. Through continuous awareness sessions, respectful counseling, and strong community engagement, trust has been built between health workers and families.

Today, mothers are confidently choosing routine immunization for their children, ensuring they are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases and giving them a healthier, brighter future. Every vaccinated child is another step toward a stronger and healthier community.

๐Ÿ‘ Reported by:
Kalsoom Bibi
LHC | AKU/DFCA
UC Dara Tang, District Lakki Marwat

06/08/2026

Dissemination Event of the Third Party Verification Immunization Coverage Survey (TPVICS Round III) 2026 at Pearl Continental Bhurban

31/07/2026

๐ŸŒธ A Mother's Trust Can Save a Child's Future ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‘ถ

Every child deserves protection against vaccine-preventable diseases. Through repeated counseling and accurate information, this family gained confidence in the Routine Immunization program. An unrecorded Zero-Dose child was successfully identified, the family's refusal was converted into acceptance, and the child received life-saving vaccines.

This success highlights the power of awareness, trust, and community health workers working together to protect every child.

๐Ÿ“ Reported by: Kalsoom Bibi
๐Ÿฅ LHC: AKU/DFCA
๐Ÿ“Œ UC: Dara Tang
๐Ÿ“ District: Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Together, let's ensure that no child is left behind and every child receives the protection they deserve through Routine Immunization.

31/07/2026

Jumu'ah Mubarak to you and your family.
May Allah (๏ทป) accept your prayers, forgive your sins, bless you with good health, halal rizq, peace, and success in this life and the Hereafter.
ุญูŽุณู’ุจูู†ูŽุง ุงู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ู ูˆูŽู†ูุนู’ู…ูŽ ุงู„ู’ูˆูŽูƒููŠู„ู

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