Anti-polio drive will launch in high risk districts Sindh from Mar 13

• No case of polio has been reported in Sindh in last two and half year.
• Azra Pechuho requested the parents to cooperate with the polio teams.
• More than 5.6m children will be vaccinated in 16 district of the province.

KARACHI: Minister for Health Sindh Dr Azra Pechuho said that the polio campaigns in Sindh are  being carried out in a very good manner and no case of polio has been reported  in the last two and half year.

She said this in an important meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication held here at the Sindh Secretariat. It was chaired by Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput and co-chaired  by Provincial Minister for Health Dr Azra Pechoho.

She further said that a polio campaign would be launched in the province from Monday. She requested the parents to cooperate with the polio teams and immunize children up to 5 years of age.

The provincial Health Minister said that the role of social mobilizer’s  and influencers should be made more effective to persuade parents who earlier refused to administer polio drops.

Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput directed all the Deputy Commissioners to launch the polio campaign in full swing and said that 100% of the targets set for the polio campaign should be achieved and no shortcomings would be tolerated in the polio campaign. “Last mile towards polio free Pakistan is very challenging” Said CS Sindh.

He further said that people from other provinces are migrating to Sindh for which an effective polio campaign should be launched at entry points of the province.

It was decided at the meeting that polio drops would be administered at bus stands and railway stations with the help of police, Railway police and Rangers. Polio drops will be effectively administered at bus stands in Karachi Toll Plaza, Hyderabad Toll Plaza, Jacobabad, Ghotki and Kashmore and other border districts of the province and for which the health department would increase the number of polio teams.

Provincial Coordinator Emergency Operations Center Fayaz Abbasi informed the meeting that 41883 frontline workers will reach up to 5.6 million children in 16 district of the province from 13th march to 19th March.

Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho assured security arrangements for the campaign.

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