NAWABSHAH: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amir Hussain Panhwar Thursday chaired a meeting and reviewed the arrangements to make the 7-day national anti-polio drive successful commencing from September 20 to 26.
He said all possible steps to be adopted to administer polio preventive drops to all children up to the age of five years throughout district Shaheed Benazirabad.
DC instructed all Assistant Commissioners to ensure surveillance of Polio teams during the campaign in order to achieve the stipulated target.
The Deputy Commissioner urged the officials of the Health Department to expedite the process of corona vaccination in the district while data entry of vaccination shall also be ensured on daily basis.
Briefing the meeting, District Health Officer SBA Dr Daulat Ali Jamali and Focal
Person for Polio Dr Allah Bux Rajpar said that more than 333, 000 children up to age of five years would be vaccinated against Polio during 7-day anti-polio campaign. They said that Vitamin A drops would also be administered side by side with Polio drops.
They said that for the purpose 1038 polio teams comprising 896 mobile teams, 70 fix, 50 transit and 22 SMT teams were formed.
They said that all necessary arrangements regarding training of polio teams and Micro Plan of the programme were finalized.
The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Junaid Hameed Samo, Regional Manager PPHI Dr Mazhar Veesar, Medical Superintendent Peoples Medical Hospital Dr Yaar Ali Jamali, Additional District Health Officer Dr Asadullah Dahri, Dr Riaz Shah, Dr Ameena Brohi, Deputy Director Information Ghulam Abbas Goraho, Assistant Commissioners of all tehsils, Tehsil Supervisors,
officials of department of Police, health and other concerned departments.