PESHAWAR
Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Shahzad Khan Bangash on Monday launched anti-polio drive in 19 districts of the province by administering polio drops to children here at Sifat Ghayyur Children Hospital.
As many as 3,456,000 children under the age of five will be vaccinated against polio from January 24 to January 30, 2022.
Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, DMS Sifat Ghayyur Children’s Hospital, representatives of WHO, UNICEF, Health Department and other donor agencies were also present on the occasion.
Talking to the media after the launch of the campaign, the Chief Secretary said that eradication of polio virus is a national cause and complete eradication of crippling disease is top priority of the government. He said that teams had been instructed to follow Covid-19 precautionary measures.
The Chief Secretary said over 3.4 million children under the age of five would be vaccinated against polio. He said 14887 teams of trained polio workers would take part in the drive and 3,603 area in-charges had also been deployed for effective monitoring of the campaign.
During the anti-polio drive, he said that over 22,000 police and other law enforcement agencies personnel would be deployed for the security of polio workers. The Chief Secretary urged all sections of the society to immunize their children below the age of five against polio in order to protect them from lifetime disability.
