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BAHAWALPUR, Sep 15 (APP):The five-day anti-polio campaign will start on October 2 in the Bahawalpur district in which more than 0.8 million children up to five years old age will be vaccinated.
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Zaheer Anwar Jappa in the committee room of his office to review the arrangements.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the members of the polio teams should perform their services properly. He said that not a single child should be left unvaccinated during this campaign.
He said that the team members should work actively at the bus stands. In this regard, the Regional Transport Authority needs to play an active role.
Deputy Commissioner directed that children should be made aware of polio prevention in educational institutions. He said that polio drops should also be given to children living in remote areas of Cholistan.
He said that members of the polio teams should be trained to perform their duties in a better manner.
He said that committees should be formed at tehsil levels for monitoring of teams. In the meeting, District Health Officer Preventive Dr Usama Munee Pansota said that the door-to-door campaign will continue from October 2 to October 4 in which polio teams will go door-to-door to give polio drops to children.
The left-out children will be vaccinated under the catch-up activity on October 5 and October 6. He said that 3276 mobile teams, 195 fixed teams, and 136 transit teams will work in the field during the polio campaign. He informed that 132 Union Council Monitoring Officers and 667 Area Incharges will supervise the campaign. He further informed that children will also be given vitamin-A capsules to improve their immunity.