PESHAWAR, Feb 08 (APP):As many as 91,000 children under the age of five in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa missed polio drops during the seven-day police vaccination drive started on January 16 in the province, disclosed a report of the health department.
The report said that more than 71530 children were not present at their houses at the time of vaccination in 36 districts of the province while 20305 parent refused to administer polio drops to their children.
It said that a target of vaccinating 7.459 million children was set for the week-long campaign out of which 7.455 million children were given the anti-polio drops and vitamin-A.
It said that majority of the refusal cases were reported from Peshawar where 7,352 parents refused to get their children vaccinated. Similarly, 10,898 children were not present at home during the visit of polio teams.
North Waziristan was the second district of the province where 2919 parents refused polio vaccination to their children, followed by Bannu with 2251 refusal cases.
The other districts of refusal cases included Charsadda with 215 cases, DI Khan 1674 cases, Hangu nine cases, Haripur two cases, Karak 742 case, Khyber 206 cases, Kohat 161 cases, Lakki Marwat 1437 cases, Mardan 934 cases, Mohmand 1241 cases, Nowshera 220 cases, Swabi 400 cases, Swat five cases, Tank 304 cases, Torghar four cases and South Waziristan 229.
The report further said that 1144 vulnerable children missed the dose in Abbottabad, 2929 in Bajaur, 4622 in Bannu, 639 in Batagram, 887 in Buner, 3772 in Charsadda, 735 in Chitral Lower, 721 in Chitral Upper, 8294 in DI Khan, 3720 in Dir Lower, 784 in Dir Upper, 986 in Hangu, 1422 in Haripur, 1814 in Karak, 2976 in Khyder, 1539 in Kohat, 50 in Kohistan Lower, 144 in Kohistan Kohistan Upper, two in Kolaipalas, 891 in Kurram, 2858 Lakki Marwat, 1266 Malakand, 2779 in Mansehra, 3470 in Mardan, 3553in Mohmand, 4628 in Nowshera, 380 in Orakzai, 18250 in Peshawar, 335 in Shangla, 2625 in Swabi, 6084 in Swat, 2042 in Tank, 79 in Torghar, 4589 in North Waziristan and 826 in South Waziristan.
In Peshawar as many as 903297 children were vaccinated against crippling polio disease
The report said that last year 20 cases of polio were reported from three southern districts of the province including 17 from North Waziristan, two from Lakki Marwat and one from South Waziristan.
