Staff Reporter
Peshawar
A special three-day anti-polio campaign started in 16 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday. The Health Department said, the campaign will be carried out in Peshawar, Buner, Hangu, Karak, Dera Ismail Khan, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Khyber, Bajaur, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan.
During the campaign around 3450847 children under five years of age would be vaccinated against the crippling disease. Strict security measures have been adopted for the ongoing anti-polio campaign.
To make the campaign successful, 12081 teams of trained anti-polio workers have been constituted which included 10485 mobile teams, 871 fixed, 619 transit and 106 roaming teams.
