Anti-polio training begins

Karachi – Commissioner Karachi Ifitkhar Shalwani, who is also chairing the Sindh government 's polio eradication working group, will inaugurate today the first anti – polio campaign of the year.

Chairing the task meeting, the Commissioner reviewed the arrangements made for the implementation of the campaign. The meeting discussed in detail the micro plan developed in this regard. The Commissioner was informed that the detailed provisions for the campaign had been finalized and that everything is ready to start the campaign from Monday.

During the campaign, more than 2.3 million children will be given anti-polio drops in the 192 union councils. More than 13,000 polio teams will carry out their tasks during the campaign.

Supplementary Commissioner Karachi-I, Sindh coordinator for Sindh's polio eradication campaign, all deputy commissioners, senior police and guards in Pakistan, all district and city health officials partners, including WHO, UNICEF, the Bill and Gates Foundation and the Rotary Club.

The commissioner was informed that the polio virus found in sewage still circulating in some parts of the union's high-risk councils. Proponents of the meeting learned that greater efforts were being made to eliminate the virus by administering polio drops to children 5 years of age or younger.

Shalwani asked the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that vaccination is implemented with close coordination between all officials and representatives in accordance with the micro plan. He added that the strategy should be targeted so that the circulation of the polio virus is successfully interrupted during the campaign.

However, the WHO team leader expressed appreciation for the efforts made, saying that efforts in the city had been improved and that the result of the reduction in the number of children missed and been greatly reduced. the spirit and the same dedication to the eradication of poliomyelitis would continue. The Commissioner endorsed the comments and views of the international partner and said: "We should not be relaxed until polio is eradicated," he added.