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Last updated on April 22, 2019 05:26 am
The polio campaign will target 39 million children in the four provinces, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – A national campaign to administer anti-polio drops to children under five begins today (Monday). According to the national coordinator of the polio eradication program, Mrs. Rana Safdar, the polio campaign will target 39 million children in the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
He urged the population to cooperate with the polio teams to administer drops to their children against this debilitating disease.
According to the Prime Minister's spokesman for the eradication of polio, Babar Bin Atta, "the country has the best opportunity to stop poliovirus transmission and it is time to strengthen our support for workers in polio. first line allowing them to touch and vaccinate each child ".
He said: "The presence of the virus anywhere is a threat to vulnerable children. The continuous movement of the population to and from many of these cities also poses a real risk to children elsewhere. I can not stress enough the crucial importance of ensuring that every child is vaccinated during the next polio campaign in April. "
During the campaign that began on April 22, 260,000 front-line workers will go door-to-door in all provinces and cities to ensure that more than 39 million children receive two drops of polio vaccine that will protect against poliovirus.
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