60% kids in NMDs miss out vaccination

Over 60 per cent of children in tribal areas and 39 per cent of children in the rest of the districts across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa miss out on the complete course of vaccination.

This was revealed during a seminar organized jointly by the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Department of Health, K-P, in collaboration with UNICEF and Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA-K-P) to celebrate World Immunization Week-2023.

K-P Director General Health Service Dr Shaukat Ali urged parents to fully cooperate with health officials and immunize their children to ensure their protection.

The purpose of the event was to promote the importance of vaccination and create awareness among the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Dr Shaukat Ali was the chief guest on this occasion. He emphasized the importance of vaccination in preventing diseases and saving lives. He also mentioned that the focus of the health department is to eliminate the polio virus from all parts of the province, including the merged districts.

He highlighted the significance of routine immunization for children and urged parents to cooperate with the EPI teams and vaccinate their children against 12 diseases.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 5^th, 2023.