Khyber Pahtunkhwa : 6.1m children to be vaccinated

The government has all set to launch 3-day national immunization campaign starting from Monday (tomorrow) in Khyber Pahtunkhwa and Fata wherein 6.1 million children under five years of age would vaccinated to wipe out the crippling polio disease from the country. Deputy Director EPI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Jan Baz Afridi told on Sunday that government has completed all arrangements for successful holdings of three days anti-polio campaign starting in across the province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas including Afghan refugees' camps from Monday (April 23-25). He said 5.1 million children below five years of age would be given Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in Khyber Pakthunkhwa while about one million kids would get the same facility in FATA. To achieve the said target, the official said 16,600 teams for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 3000 for Fata have been formed that will reach door to door and house to hours to make Pakistan Polio free country. These teams would be assisted by area in-charges and Lady Health Workers (LHWs) and officials of Health Department . In case of non arrival of the teams, he held an appeal to parents and guardians to bring their children to nearest hospitals and BHUs for vaccination.