Pakistan

Campaign: Anti-polio drive begins today

Health Department spokesman said that more than 1.14 million children up to 5 years old will be administered

Express December 18, 2011

FAISALABAD: The next round of the three-day anti-polio drive in Faisalabad will begin on Monday (today). A Health Department spokesman said that more than 1.14 million children up to 5 years old will be administered anti polio vaccines during the campaign. He said 2,730 teams have been formed for the purpose. Out of these, 2,212 are mobile teams and will pay door-to-door visits to administer the vaccines. Moreover, 370 of theses are static teams and 148 are transit teams, who will remain available at various points around the district.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 19^th, 2011.

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