Customised immunisation strategies
'Lahore, Rawalpindi should prepare locally customised strategies for routine immunisation coverage, especially polio'
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LAHORE:
Lahore and Rawalpindi should prepare locally customised strategies for routine immunisation coverage, especially polio, said Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir. He was speaking at the monthly Chief Executive Officers (Health) meeting organised at the Directorate General Health Services on Sunday. He said based on risk analysis for the months of March and April, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Attock and Sargodha must finalise the preparations of measles mop up. For broader immunisation indicators, he directed Lahore and Rawalpindi to devise special strategies given the nature of challenges in these two cities.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2017.
Lahore and Rawalpindi should prepare locally customised strategies for routine immunisation coverage, especially polio, said Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir. He was speaking at the monthly Chief Executive Officers (Health) meeting organised at the Directorate General Health Services on Sunday. He said based on risk analysis for the months of March and April, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Attock and Sargodha must finalise the preparations of measles mop up. For broader immunisation indicators, he directed Lahore and Rawalpindi to devise special strategies given the nature of challenges in these two cities.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2017.