LAHORE
\nThe ongoing anti-polio campaign in Lahore, launched under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has achieved significant progress, with over 2.254 million children vaccinated during the first six days of the drive.
\nThe progress was reviewed in a meeting co-chaired by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Uzma Kardar and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Muhammad Ali Ijaz. The meeting was attended by ADCG, CEO Health, all Assistant Commissioners and DDHOs.
\nThe meeting was briefed that polio teams visited over 1.57 million households to administer drops to children under five years of age. During the first catch-up day, tracing of missed children was carried out, while field surveillance would continue on the second catch-up day to ensure maximum coverage.
\nThe World Health Organization termed the campaign coverage satisfactory, while no errors were reported in field operations.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, Uzma Kardar stressed that benchmark targets must be achieved at all costs, warning of accountability in case of failure. She directed DDHOs to ensure strict field monitoring and reiterated that the campaign must be made successful in every possible way.
\nDC Muhammad Ali Ijaz emphasized that accurate data reporting was crucial to present the true picture of the campaign, adding that no child under five years of age should be left unvaccinated. He urged citizens to cooperate with teams to ensure complete coverage.
\nBoth officials highlighted that administering polio drops to every child under five was a national responsibility, and the collective efforts of field staff and citizens were vital to eradicate the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE The ongoing anti-polio campaign in Lahore, launched under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has achieved significant progress, with over 2.254 million children vaccinated during the first six days of the drive. The progress was reviewed in a meeting co-chaired by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Uzma Kardar and Deputy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-542751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n