KHYBER
\nDeputy Commissioner Abdul Nasir Khan on Friday chaired a meeting of all stakeholders here at his office and reviewed arrangements and plan for polio vaccination drive in the district. On the occasion he was briefed about a comprehensive vaccination plan, security arraignments, challenges and other problems related to the vaccination drive.
\nThe DC directed all the stakeholders to focus on refusal cases by involving local elders, Ulemas and political leaders to convince parents for the vaccination of their children.
\nHe asked the police department to provide foolproof security to polio teams to avert any untoward incident, while the health department was asked to visit each and every house during the campaign and administer polio drops to every child under the age of five.
\nHe said it is high time to make the district polio free and protect the coming generation from permanent disabilities, adding the government was very serious about eliminating the crippling polio disease from the country.
\nHe urged parents to cooperate with the polio teams and get their children vaccinated.
\nThe meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Hamid Bunneri, officials of the departments of Health, Education, Police and other line departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KHYBER Deputy Commissioner Abdul Nasir Khan on Friday chaired a meeting of all stakeholders here at his office and reviewed arrangements and plan for polio vaccination drive in the district. On the occasion he was briefed about a comprehensive vaccination plan, security arraignments, challenges and other problems related to the vaccination drive. The DC directed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n