immunisation campaign: Polio drive starts mid Jan
112 transit points including 270 fix centres would also be set up to administer the drops
Attempts to eradicate polio in the country have been hit by militant attacks on immunisation teams that have claimed more than 100 lives since December 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS
RAWALPINDI:
A five-day anti-polio drive would commence in Rawalpindi district to administer anti-polio drops to 811,708 children under five years of age from January 16. During the campaign 1951 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops in all Tehsils and Union Councils of the District, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Talat Mehmood Gondal said here on Friday. The DCO said 1951 polio teams, 396 area incharges, 205 medical officers, and allied and tehsil headquarter hospitals would participate in the campaign. He said all possible steps had been taken by concerned department to make the campaign a success. He said 112 transit points including 270 fix centres would also be set up to administer the drops.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2017.
A five-day anti-polio drive would commence in Rawalpindi district to administer anti-polio drops to 811,708 children under five years of age from January 16. During the campaign 1951 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops in all Tehsils and Union Councils of the District, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Talat Mehmood Gondal said here on Friday. The DCO said 1951 polio teams, 396 area incharges, 205 medical officers, and allied and tehsil headquarter hospitals would participate in the campaign. He said all possible steps had been taken by concerned department to make the campaign a success. He said 112 transit points including 270 fix centres would also be set up to administer the drops.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2017.