Four-day polio eradication drive begins in Karachi

KARACHI: A Four day polio eradication campaign was formally inaugurated at District West on Monday.
The inauguration was performed by DC West Zahid Hussain Memon. Talking to the media after the inaugural, DC West said that the city administration was committed to play its due role in eliminating polio virus from city.
He said that polio eradication was a national cause and it would be the top priority of city administration to carry out its efforts for the elimination of polio virus.
Zahid appreciated the role of international partners in polio eradication and hoped that Pakistan would be a polio free country soon.
He said that no child should be missed, for any reason, from a vaccine preventable disease and it was duty of all stakeholders to make sure every child was given polio drops.
He said that the government would also work for improvement of micro plan and strategy.
“We need to involve community maximum in anti polio programmes and get their full support. Community support based strategy would be developed in this connection,” added Deputy Commissioner.
He informed the media that all concerned departments had been asked to focus on refusal cases to get rid of this crippling disease and persuade the parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated.
Deputy Commissioner West, polio task force coordinator , officials of Health Department, representatives of WHO and UNICEF were also present on the occasion.