RAWALPINDI:A week-long anti-polio drive will commence in the entire Rawalpindi district on Monday, October 2.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of District Health Authority Dr Ijaz Ahmad told reporter that as many as 4,199 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops to 10,15,262 children of less than five years of age in all tehsils and union councils of the district during the campaign.
The CEO said 243 Union Council Medical Officers and 858 area incharges would also participate in the drive.
In addition, “361 fix centres have been set up to administer the drops”.
Ijaz added that anti-polio drops would also be administered at 182 transit points while teams would also be deputed at toll plazas so that no child could miss immunization.
The CEO added that the objective of regularly conducting anti-polio campaigns was to keep children through protective drops and increase their immunity. He urged the citizens, particularly the parents, to come forward and play their role in eliminating the crippling disease from the society. The parents should cooperate with special to achieve the set target, he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Hasan Waqar Cheema warned the officials that strict action would be taken against those responsible for fake entries. He further directed to cover the missing and refusal cases by convincing the parents with the help of local community leaders and achieving the target set for the drive.