Anti-polio campaign in 15 Punjab districts to beging from May 2

LAHORE, April 30: Punjab will hold anti polio campaign in 15 selected districts from May 2 to 5, said Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique here. He said the campaign is part of the Sub National Immunization Day and will target selected 15 districts deemed to be at greater risk of polio virus transmission.
These districts including Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur, Okara, Faisalabad, Hafizbad, Lodhran, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Chiniot. He further said the provincial EPI Program has made close coordination with these districts to ensure timely micro planning, mapping of high risk mobile population and vaccine supply. Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan said that the campaign will target 9445348 children of below five years of age in 1547 Union Councils of these districts. He said Polio has been declared a national emergency and at district level, respective DCOs are taking complete ownership of polio eradication efforts.
Director General Health Services Punjab Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Syed said a total of 23152 teams will perform their duties in the campaign which include 19738 mobile teams, 2155 fixed and 2159 transit teams.-Online