HYDERABAD, Feb 21 (APP):The Divisional Commissioner Syed Khalid Hyder Shah has said that a better strategy should be prepared for making environmental sample negative in Hyderabad and Jamshoro and coverage for refusal cases in order to make Hyderabad Division polio free.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners and DHOs for reviewing outcome of last polio campaign and arrangements made for upcoming polio campaign to begin from 26th February.
Commissoner asked all Deputy Commissioners to complete their arrangements so that 100 percent results could be achieved.
Commissioner directed Deputy Commissioner Jamshoro Zulfiqar Memon that more polio camps should be set up on the occasion of annual Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalanadr to be celebrated at Sehwan Sharif so that polio drops could be administered to devotees as well as children upto five years.
He directed all DCs to hold review meetings in their respective districts during polio drive and accomplish 100 percent results.
He further directed that different death cases in children due to measles had been reported so that a comprehensive strategy should be made to deal with it.
Commissioner directed all Deputy Commissioners to organize awareness programmes in Schools regarding polio disease so that polio campaign could be more effective.
On this occasion Focal person for divisional task force Dr. Jamshed Khanzda in his briefing said that in upcoming polio drive as many as 2382877 children upto five years will be administered anti-polio drops in 309 union councils of Hyderabad Division for which 573 EPI centers and 2107 outreach sites had been established.
He informed that additional polio teams had been established for Qalandar Lal Shahbaz Urs so that devotes as well as children could be vaccinated.
Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Tariq Qureshi, DHO Hyderabad Lala Jaffer and all DCs participated in the meeting through video link.
