PESHAWAR: The district administration has finalized all preparations for a seven-day anti-polio campaign starting September 17 to 23 in all tehsils of Khyber district.
The administration has constituted 924 polio teams to vaccinate 210, 917 children up to the age five at their doorsteps for which for
foolproof security arrangements have been finalized.
Deputy Commissioner Khyber Mansoor Arshad on Thursday also administered a polio vaccine to chid to formally inaugurate the campaign.
District Health Officer, Dr Qasim Abbas, Assistant Commissioner Landikotal Akbar Iftikhar Ahmed and other officials were also present on the occasion.
He directed all stakeholders to make sure not a single children remain deprived of polio vaccine.
The district administration requested people especially parents to fully cooperate with polio teams.
The deputy commissioner Khyber directed officials concerned to ensure effective monitoring of polio campaign and worked as team to achieve the goal of polio immunization drive He said eradication polio virus was a national cause and called on all segments of society to support district administration and health department efforts to save children from the crippling.
He asked the people especially parents to cooperate with polio teams and get their children vaccinated against the polio.