LARKANA:Commissioner Larkana Division Abdul Waheed Sheikh presided over a meeting of the Divisional Polio/EPI Task Force at his office on Thursday to review the arrangements for the 7-day anti-polio campaign scheduled to commence from October 02, 2023.
He directed the officials of the Health Department to complete all the arrangements for the forthcoming National Polio eradication campaign and said that no child should be left out of anti-polio drops in the polio campaign.
The commissioner directed all the deputy commissioners and health officers of the division to put in all efforts to administrate polio drops from birth to 5-year-old children.
He said a monitoring system may be ensured besides the District and Taluka control rooms may also be activated in order to succeed in the anti-polio campaign. Action would be taken against the officers if found negligence during the campaign, he added.
He emphasized that officers should visit every Union council and arrange meetings with local people to fully participate in this national cause.
The Commissioner said that collective efforts were required for the success of the anti-polio campaign, adding that all the line departments must also cooperate with the health department.
The meeting was attended by DC Larkana Jaweed Ahmed Kumbhar, DC Kamber-Shahdadkot Sajjad Hyder Qadri, Additional Commissioner-I Larkana Division, representative of WHO, UNICEF, a large number of officials of the health department and PPHI.