Plan devise to make polio campaign a success

RAWALPINDI, Feb 02 (APP):Micro plan has been devised to make Polio campaign a success
which will start from February 12, said Chief Executive Officer Dr Sohail
Chaudary here Friday.
Talking to APP, he said with the coordinated efforts of
Government and World Health Organization WHO, polio workers have been
trained to accomplish the target set of vaccinating 8,40,000
children below five years of age.
The CEO said Polio is a National issue as it is responsibility of all to play
an effective role to make the country Polio free.
He said along-with all government initiatives, active
participation of parents is needed to make the campaign successful.
Sharing details of arrangements, Sohail said 2787 polio teams including 2333 mobile teams,287 fixed
points,119 transit points,221 Union council medical officers and 496 area
incharges would complete the task of vaccination, Sufficient quantity of vaccine is available, and no stone will
be left unturned in our efforts to make the campaign a success.
Sohail urged the citizens, particularly the parents, to come
forward and play their role for the elimination of the crippling disease from
society.
“The parents should cooperate with the special teams so that the set
target could be achieved.” He said continuous efforts were being made to
control polio. Special teams have also been formed to cover areas from where
complaints about unattended children are registered, he said, adding that
special arrangements have also been made to cover Cantonment areas of
Rawalpindi.