Five-day anti-polio drive kicks off

Campaign launched in 12 districts of Punjab to protect children through immunisation drops, Rawalpindi Commissioner

RAWALPINDI:

Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta on Monday inaugurated the five-day anti-polio drive by administering drops to children under five years of age at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.

While addressing an awareness seminar about Polio, he said that the campaign had been launched in 12 districts of the province to protect children through immunisation drops.

He said that the drive had been started in those districts where polio environmental samples had tested positive during the last six months.

On the occasion, he directed the officials concerned to cover refusal and unattended children on the same day on priority. He further said that as many as 10,15,000 children below five years of age would be covered during the drive while the 250,000 was the target set to administer drops to kids on the first day of the drive.

He urged the citizens, particularly the parents, to come forward and play their role in eliminating the crippling disease from society.

While sharing the details of the campaign, CEO of the District Health Authority Dr Saadat Ali Khan said that 4,199 teams, including 3,680 mobile teams, 866 area in-charges and 245 medical officers were participating in the campaign.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 16^th, 2023.