Five-day polio drive begins in seven districts
A health worker administers vaccine drops to an infant during the ongoing anti-polio drive in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: ONLINE
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday initiated a five-day special polio campaign in seven districts of the province.
The campaign will be conducted in Nowshera, Peshawar, Mohmand, Hangu, Khyber, Kohat and Charsadda districts.
“Over 2.212 million children will be administered polio drops,” said a health department official.
Similarly, 107,000 children will be administered polio drops in the Afghan refugee camps of Buner, Chitral, Dir, Haripur, Mansehra, Malakand, Mardan and Swabi and in the special union councils located on the Pak-Afghan border, the official added.
The official claimed that 8441 teams had been formed for the five-day campaign, including mobile, fixed and transit teams.
Regarding the security measures taken by the government, he said 14,926 police personnel have been deployed for the security of polio workers.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2023.