Mirpur (Ajk)
The anti-polio campaign continued on Tuesday across Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK)where 2004 mobile para-medical staff teams were providing services during the five-day drive.
At least 7.11 lakh children of under 5 years of age would be administered the anti-polio vaccine during the campaign started on Monday, AJK State Health Department said.
In the State’s capital district of AJK,1,24,249 children up to five year of age are targeted to be immunized the anti-polio vaccines and Vitamin A-drops and for this purpose 359 mobile teams had been constituted, while 58 fixed and 19 transit points had been set up by Polio Eradication Committee.
The state health department’s Polio Eradication wing have made adequate arrangement to execute the polio-eradication campaign in a befitting manner.
Parents are fully cooperating the mobile teams visiting door to door for administering anti-polio drops to the children. Besides the parents were also found in large number carrying their kids to get immunized the anti-polio vaccine drops at the special fixed centers as well as the transit points.
Highlighting the salient features of the anti polio campaign, the health department’s spokesperson said at the District Health Office (DHO)here Tuesday over 2004 mobile para-medical staff teams had been constituted, whereas 397 fixed units and 124 transit points at prominent public places including buses and wagons stands were set up in all ten districts of Azad Jammu Kashmir including Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Hattiyan (Jhelum valley ), Neelam valley, Kotli, Bagh, Sudhanoti, Haveili, Bhimbher and Rawalakot to administer the anti-polio vaccine drops.
At least 63 zonal supervisors will look after the campaign conducted by 481 in charges of different areas in AJK.
The fixed centers have been set up at the hospitals, basic health units, rural health centers as well as various other spots to vaccinate the children with the anti-polio drops from 8.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m.
The total staff involved in the drive including mobile teams comprising over 4500 workers have moved to the field to visit door-to-door to immunize the children under 5 years of age.
The AJK State Health Department spokesperson said that not a single case of polio had been detected in AJK during last 19 years.
In Mirpur district, a total of 68025 children under five years of age would be immunized the anti-polio vaccine during the 5-day national anti-polio drive. The drive would continue till Feb 21 with the assistance of the World Health Organisation (WHO). All adequate arrangements have been made for conducting 5-day national polio eradication campaign.—APP
