PESHAWAR, Nov 02 (APP):An anti-polio campaign has been launched across 27 designated districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a coverage target of 4.8 million children under the age of five. According to a Polio Emergency Operation Center in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 4.8 million children under the age of five will be administered polio drops during this campaign. The initiative will commence simultaneously across all districts within the Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, and …
Polio campaign begins in KP with coverage target of 4.8 m children under age of five
PESHAWAR, Nov 02 (APP):An anti-polio campaign has been launched across 27 designated districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a coverage target of 4.8 million children under the age of five.
According to a Polio Emergency Operation Center in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 4.8 million children under the age of five will be administered polio drops during this campaign.
The initiative will commence simultaneously across all districts within the Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, and Dera Ismail Khan divisions, as well as in the districts of Bajaur, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Abbottabad, Torghar, Lower Kohistan, Upper Kohistan, and Kolai Palas.
The campaign will span over seven days in the districts of Peshawar and Khyber, while it will continue for four days in the remaining districts.
A total of 20,772 teams of trained polio workers have been formed for these districts, comprising 18,630 mobile teams, 1,225 fixed teams, and 917 transit teams.
Furthermore, 4,734 area in-charges have been deployed to ensure effective supervision of the polio teams.
To guarantee the security of the polio teams, approximately 30,000 security personnel will also be deployed across these districts, ensuring complete protection for the polio workers throughout the duration of the campaign.
