Anti-Polio Campaign To Start In KP, Balochistan today

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Islamabad: Health officials urge all parents and caregivers to get their children vaccinated instead of hiding them or refusing to let them be administered polio drops during the drive.

A five-day nationwide anti-polio campaign is commencing Monday (today) in three districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 10 districts of Balochistan, where children under the age of five will be administered the polio vaccine along with a supplementary dose of vitamin A.

According to Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa officials, over 1.2 million children will be administered vaccine drops during the campaign.

In Balochistan, a polio vaccination campaign is being conducted in Awaran, Dera Bugti, Gwadar, Hub, Jafarabad, Naseerabad, SohbatPur, Khuzdar, Lasbela and Usta Mohammad districts.

Health officials stated that the challenge of polio still existed and emphasised the need for all to work together to eradicate the menace.