eradicating polio
PESHAWAR: Thursday is the fifth and last day of anti-polio campaign in most districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, an official of the Health Department said here.. In the five-day anti-polio campaign, more than 7.4 million children are targeted to be given polio drops, the Health Department official said here. Anti-polio campaigns continued in all districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Kohot, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan, the official of the Health Department said. To complete the target, polio workers are busy going door to door to administer drops to children. Polio campaign will continue till March 9 in districts with heavy snowfall and more than 35000 teams will be formed for polio campaign, the Health Department official disclosed. He said for this strict security arrangements were made during the polio campaign and more than 55,000 police personnel were deployed during the anti-polio campaign. APP
