Qasim reiterated the government\u2019s strong commitment and unwavering resolve to eradicate polio virus form the province
\nDLP Report
\nPESHAWAR
\nThe Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah inaugurated the polio vaccine campaign in selected district of the province here on Friday at Police Services Hospital Peshawar.
\nThe five-days Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign is being launched from June 3rd in selected districts of the province.
\nSpecial Secretary Health and Coordinator Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Abdul Basit, Deputy Coordinator EOC Muhammad Zeeshan Khan, Director General Health Services Dr Muhammad Saleem and officials of UNICEF and WHO as well as other relevant officials were also present on this occasion.
\nMinister health Syed Qasim Ali Shah while talking to media reiterated the provincial government\u2019s strong commitment and unwavering resolve to eradicate polio virus form the province and has emphasized that the only way to root out this menace is to vaccinate each and every under five child in each campaign.
\nShedding light on the highest priority being attached to eradicating polio virus, the provincial health minister said that the whole government machinery including administrative officers from top to bottom, health department and law enforcement agencies are all working hand in glove at all levels to ensure the complete eradication of this crippling disease.
\nOn this occasion, the health minister administered polio drops to a child to formally inaugurate this campaign wherein more than 3.56 million under five children will be administered with polio drops.
\nSharing details of the campaign, EOC Coordinator Abdul Basit said that during this campaign, polio drops will be administered to approximately 3.28 million children in nine complete districts of the province including Peshawar, Khyber, Kohat, Swat, Swabi, Dir Lower, Bannu, Lakki Marwat and D. I khan, while over 272, 730 children will be vaccinated with polio drops in specific union councils and Afghan Refugee Camps situated in District Bajaur, Buner, Charsadda, Chitral Lower, Chitral Upper, Dir Upper, Hangu, Haripur, Kurram, Malakand, Mansehra, Mardan, Mohmand and Nowshera.
\nAbdul Basit said that all arrangements have been finalized for the successful implementation of this campaign, adding that 18,319 teams of trained polio workers including 11,229 mobile teams, 5,361 observers, 865 fixed teams, 864 transit teams and 84 roaming teams have been formed to administer polio drops to the children. Besides, 3,675 area in-charges have also been appointed for the vigilant supervision of these teams to make sure that all children in the target areas are administered with polio vaccines.
\nIn order to ensure foolproof security of the polio teams during this campaign, approximately 26000 security personnel have been deployed in the target areas, he concluded.
\nHe focussed on government commitment to eradicate polio from province.
\nResponding to a question about refusals coverage, he said that they are engaging all segments of society including parliamentarians, local bodies representatives religious scholars and other influencers to address the misconceptions of refusals parents.
\nHe added that in other countries, parents take their children to health facilities for vaccination but we are providing polio vaccination at their doorsteps. He appeared to parents to cooperate with polio teams and get their children vaccinated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Qasim reiterated the government\u2019s strong commitment and unwavering resolve to eradicate polio virus form the province DLP Report PESHAWAR The Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah inaugurated the polio vaccine campaign in selected district of the province here on Friday at Police Services Hospital Peshawar. The five-days Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign is being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-410024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n