A five-day anti-polio drive will begin in different parts of the country from February 28 (Monday) to inoculate over 22 million children.In Sindh, over 10 million children under the age of 5-year will be administered anti-polio drops in 30 districts.
In Balochistan, over 2.5 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops during the drive.In Punjab, the government has set a target of vaccinating 10 million children, deploying more than 150,000 polio workers.
Around 10,000 teams have been constituted for this purpose while 70,000 anti-polio workers and 10,000 anti-polio supervisors will take part in the drive.
Recently, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has thanked Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for the productive discussions on polio eradication from Pakistan, during his day-long visit to Islamabad.
The anti-polio campaign will also target Afghan refugee camps in the districts of Swabi, Mardan, Buner, Lower Chitral, Lower Dir, Haripur, Mansehra, and Malakand, in addition to high-risk union councils located in Upper and Lower Chitral and Dir along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
During the aforementioned campaign, more than 3.5 million children under the age of five would receive vaccinations.
Tomorrow marks the start of a seven-day anti-polio campaign in 393 union councils located in 18 districts of Balochistan.
Over 1.2 million children under five would receive anti-polio drops during the campaign.
A seven-day nationwide polio campaign is scheduled to begin tomorrow in Sindh and run through the 21st of this month in the Larkana region. Prior to becoming five years old, over
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