QUETTA: A seven-day anti-polio drive is all set to start across 26 districts of Balochistan from September 1, today, targeting vaccination of nearly 2.2 million children under the age of five.
While talking to media persons, Coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Balochistan, Inam ul Haq has said that all arrangements for the campaign have been finalized. He informed that a total of 8,933 teams will take part, including 652 fixed teams and 459 transit teams, to ensure that children in both urban and remote areas receive polio drops.
The anti-polio drive will be carried out in Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Chaman, Khuzdar, Dera Bugti, Jaffarabad, Lasbela, Zhob, Ziarat and several other districts of Balochistan.
He said that polio is a crippling and incurable disease, and urged parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated.
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Inam ul Haq also appealed to teachers, religious leaders, and civil society members to raise awareness and mobilize communities for the success of the campaign. Alongside polio drops, he reminded parents of the importance of routine immunization to protect children against 12 deadly diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and diphtheria.
