HYDERABAD:Commissioner Hyderabad Division Syed Khalid Hyder Shah emphasised focus on refusal cases of polio to eliminate the disease from the Hyderabad division, he said while convening a Hyderabad task force for polio meeting on Tuesday at his office in the context for the upcoming campaign in the month of October 2023.
According to Divisional Task Force DTF, as many as 2.38 million children would be administered polio drops under 5 years children in an upcoming anti-polio campaign in October.
While presiding over the meeting of the Divisional Task Force at his office, the commissioner directed all the Deputy Commissioners of 9 districts of Hyderabad Division, who were presented through video link, ensure to make the anti-polio campaign hundred per cent successful as no child under five years age be left without vaccination.
He added that all the districts should take refusal cases as a challenging task and motivate the parents to get their children vaccinated for a healthy future.
He stressed officials of health departments to train the teams to take preventive measures against prevailed eye infections during the campaign so that the infection may not be transferred from health workers to children.
Discussing the issues during a campaign, the commissioner directed all the concerned officials of the health department and DCs to ensure an updated plan against any untoward bottlenecks could be dealt with effectively during the campaign.