As of October 2015, there have been 38 documented cases of wild poliovirus in Pakistan. PHOTO: APP
“During the campaign, 1,950 polio teams would go door-to-door to administer polio drops to around 811,798 children aged five and below,” said Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Arshad Ali Sabir on Sunday.
He said that the district and the health administrations have taken special measures to ensure that each and every child gets polio drops during the three-day specials drive.
“Senior staff of the district health department would monitor the working of the polio teams,” he said. Special counters would also be set up in public parks, at the railway station, bus and wagon stands, at the airport and other transit points to ensure that every child gets the polio drops, he said.
Dr Arshad said the district health department was striving to make Rawalpindi a polio-free district. He hoped the campaign would be result-oriented and the set target would be achieved.
Pakistan is one of the two remaining countries in the world where polio is still categorised as an endemic viral infection, the other being Afghanistan.
As of October 2015, there have been 38 documented cases of wild poliovirus in Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2016.
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