Campaign to start on 18th in Bahawalpur

More than 600,000 children will be administered vaccine

BAHAWALPUR: A three-day polio immunisation campaign will commence from September 18 in Bahawalpur District.

During the campaign, more than 600,000 children under the age of five will be administered polio vaccine. In this regard, a meeting was held in DCO Office to review the arrangements which was presided by Revenue Deputy Commissioner Nausheen Malik.



She said that during the polio campaign, all children should be vaccinated. She directed that health department teams should be dispatched earlier to Cholistan, and other remote areas. She also maintained that polio teams should be briefed properly before dispatching so that target results could be attained.

Meanwhile, officials apprised the deputy commissioner about the arrangements of the campaign. They said that 1,401 teams will work during the polio immunisation campaign which included 1,103 mobile teams, 157 fixed teams and others.



Similarly, 123 teams will be placed at bus stand, railway station, toll plazas while 18 teams will vaccinate the children, visiting bazaars with their parents. Besides, 275 area incharges, 122 monitoring officers and six tehsil supervisors will also be deployed.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2017.