Extending facilities: Health camps likely to be extended till December

Over 5,000 children inoculated against several diseases

PESHAWAR: The deadline to close health camp programmes that are organised by Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in collaboration with Unicef is likely to be extended. This is because these camps cater to the needs of people from low-income backgrounds in areas where health centres lack basic facilities. According to officials, 0.1 million patients have benefited from health camps that are being held in high-risk districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The officials said camps have not only been providing free treatment but have managed to inoculate over 5,000 children against several diseases.

“We call it ‘zero dose’ and none of the children had been administered vaccines even once before,” a senior health official said.



He also informed apart from 5,000 children being immunised, 103,781 people have benefitted from health camps so far.

A large number of Afghan nationals were also treated at Bihari Colony health camp that was recently held at the hujra of Jahangir, a local government representative, on Warsak Road.

“Male and female doctors, two vaccinators, a lady health visitor, a pharmacist and hygiene and health promoters are available in health camps being held in underdeveloped areas,” Dr Ikram, who has been looking after the camp, told The Express Tribune.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 30^th, 2016.