PESHAWAR: The district administration Khyber has finalized all preparations for a seven-day polio marketing campaign ranging from January 24,2022 underneath which about 210,000 youngsters could be administered anti-polio drops.
On this connection extra commissioner Khyber Noor Wali Khan chaired a gathering on the Commissioner Workplace which was attended by District Well being Officer Dr. Qasim Abbas, Tehsil Municipal Landi Kotal Shahbaz Khan, and officers of well being and schooling departments. The assembly mentioned intimately numerous points concerning polio campaigns together with refusal circumstances of polio vaccination and safety measures.
It was knowledgeable that 294 groups had been constituted to manage anti-polio drops to 210,000 youngsters underneath 5 years of age. It was instructed that foolproof safety measures had been made to offer safety to vaccination groups. The DC has requested mother and father to get their youngsters protected against the lethal illness of polio by vaccinating them within the upcoming marketing campaign.