CS-KP chairs meeting on provincial task force for polio eradication
DLP Report
PESHAWAR
An important meeting of the provincial task force for polio eradication held on Wednesday with Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary in the chair.
Additional Chief Secretary Home, concerned Administrative Secretaries, Director General Information, police officers, Coordinator EOC, UNICEF and other relevant officials including representatives of the World Health Organization were present in the meeting while officials of National Emergency Operations Center, Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners participated in the meeting through video link.
Special Secretary Health and Coordinator Provincial Emergency Operations Center while briefing the meeting said that four polio cases were reported in the province last year while no cases have been reported this year but this year environmental samples of polio have been found positive in different districts of the province.
The meeting was informed that in the months of June and July this year, complete and partial anti-polio campaigns were conducted in different districts of the province and the targets were ensured.
In the meeting, details were shed on the problems and difficulties faced during the polio eradication, including monitoring procedures. While presiding over the meeting, Chief Secretary KP Nadeem Aslam directed the relevant authorities that any problem encountered in the polio campaigns should be resolved by utilizing available resources and better coordinate to be ensure to overcome the problems.
He stressed that for the complete eradication of polio virus, it is necessary to address the obstacles in this regard.
The Chief Secretary also issued instructions to speed up the measures for the eradication of polio and make the implementation of SOPs stricter.
Chief Secretary said that for better decision-making, the data related to polio campaigns should be complete and accurate in all respects and in this context, scientific-based measures and technology should be used to the full.
CS-KP Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary directed the commissioners and deputy commissioners to focus on resolving the problems in the districts on priority basis and take strict action against the inefficient officials.
The meeting also paid tribute to the services and sacrifices of the law enforcement officials and polio workers for their sacrifices.
