ISLAMABAD, April 12: Canada has announced a contribution of $ 40 million Canadian Dollars to support the eradication of polio in Pakistan over the next three years.
The contribution from the Government of Canada will strengthen communities’ support for polio eradication, awareness raising and the recruitment and training of community-based vaccinators’ project, implemented by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), while the World Health Organization (WHO) will strengthen supplementary immunization operations, campaign and post campaign monitoring, surveillance and monitoring effort to detect and track the polio virus.Only by joining our efforts and by combining our resources, we can win the fight against the poliovirus. Because the poliovirus can spread across national borders, it has the potential to affect any of us, regardless of our ethnicity, culture or religion. We are all in this fight together.” said Ms. Heather Cruden, High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan. Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, PM’s Focal Persona for Polio Eradication were present in the ceremony.Acknowledging the commitment by Canada at a ceremony at the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, the Honorable Minister Saira Tara said Pakistan has never been closer to eradication of polio. “When we defeat polio, it will motivate us to aim for other great health and development milestones for the children of Pakistan. -PR
Canada extends support to stop transmission of polio in Pakistan
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