Anti-polio Drive Kicks Off In Bajaur

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Anti-polio drive kicks off in Bajaur

A three-day anti-polio campaign started here on Monday wherein more than 232,000 children below the age of five-year would be vaccinated against the polio disease

BAJAUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :A three-day anti-polio campaign started here on Monday wherein more than 232,000 children below the age of five-year would be vaccinated against the polio disease.

A ceremony was held in this connection which was attended by Deputy Commissioner Usman Mehsood, senior officials of the local administration, health department and WHO.

The Deputy Commissioner inaugurated the drive by administering polio drop to a child.He said that polio vaccination was necessary to get rid of this disease as it's become a serious threat to the lives of children after the detection of new polio cases in the region.

He directed the health officials to use all out efforts to make the drive successful.

He also asked the officials of health department and other organisations to adopt new strategy to reach the polio teams to every children in the district.

The administration would not tolerate a little deficiency of any officials of the health department, WHO and other anti-polio related organisations during the anti-polio campaign, he warned.

He informed that the administration has also decided to take serious action against the parents who could found for refusing anti-polio drops to their children across the district.

District surgeon Dr Wazir Khan informed the participants about the arrangements being made by the health department and said the health department would use all out efforts and resources to make the anti-polio drive successful and productive.

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