Gilgit-Baltistan: Anti-measles campaign underway

Mobile teams are going door-to-door to vaccinate women and children in all parts of the region.

SKARDU:
An anti-measles campaign is in full swing in both districts of Baltistan, said Baltistan Director Health Dr Bismillah Khan on Wednesday. Mobile teams are going door-to-door to vaccinate women and children in all parts of the region. The department is also vaccinating people against eight  dangerous diseases on a regular basis. The campaign ends on July 9.


Published in The Express Tribune, July 7th, 2011.