Commissioner Directs Administration Of Anti-polio Drops To Every Child

LARKANA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Mar, 2023 ) :Commissioner Ghanwer Ali Leghari on Thursday termed polio a crippling infectious disease, directing that no child should be left unattended while ensuring that anti-polio drops were administered to them in the forthcoming campaign in the division.

This he said while presiding over a meeting of the Divisional Health Management /Divisional Polio Task Force at his office, here to review and discuss the arrangements of the forthcoming anti-Polio campaign.

Moreover, the divisional head of WHO gave a briefing in the meeting. He said that in order to make the campaign successful, teams had been constituted and all related logistics had been provided to them.

He further said that no case of polio had been reported in Larkana division after 2020.

Divisional Commissioner Larkana on the occasion said, "Polio is a crippling disease that can be eradicated in any case and it is possible only when the heads of the various departments and NGOs cooperate with each other in this regard and play their role in working together." Commissioner urged the officers of the Health Department, NGOs, teachers, scouts, students and social workers to play their role in administering the anti-polio drops to the children, aged 5 years, during the forthcoming anti-polio campaign.

"It is a joint responsibility of all of us to fight polio and get rid of it," the commissioner added.

The commissioner directed all the deputy commissioners and health officers of the division that all out efforts should be made in that regard.

He directed to the Deputy Commissioners (DCs), Assistant Commissioners, District Health Officers (DHOs), focal Persons, WHO and UNICEF, Rotary representatives to monitor the campaign in their respective districts.

He also emphasized that officers should visit each and every union council and arrange meetings with local people to fully participate in this national cause.

He also directed to implement all the decisions taken in meetings. The commissioner said that collective efforts were required for the success of the anti-polio campaign, adding that all the line departments must also cooperate with the health department.

The Commissioner stressed the need to make effective measures for the immunization campaign all over the division.

Commissioner Larkana ordered that trained employees should not be replaced without any emergency, this creates problems.

DCs of Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kashmore-Kandhkot participated via video link. In addition to District Health Officers, WHO, PPHI, EPI, UNICEF, DPCR representatives and other officers also attended the meeting.