Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah inaugurated the polio vaccine campaign in selected district of the province at Police Services Hospital Peshawar here Friday. This five-days Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign is being launched from June 3rd in selected districts of the province.
Special Secretary Health and Coordinator Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Abdul Basit, Deputy Coordinator EOC Muhammad Zeeshan Khan, Director General Health Services Dr Muhammad Saleem and officials of UNICEF and WHO as well as other relevant officials were also present on this occasion.
Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah while talking to media, reiterated the provincial government’s strong commitment and unwavering resolve to eradicate polio virus form the province and has emphasized that the only way to root out this menace is to vaccinate each and every under five child in each campaign.
Shedding light on the highest priority being attached to eradicating polio virus, the provincial health minister said that the whole government machinery including administrative officers from top to bottom, health department and law enforcement agencies are all working hand in glove at all levels to ensure the complete eradication of this crippling disease.
On this occasion, the health minister administered polio drops to a child to formally inaugurate this campaign wherein more than 3.56 million under five children will be administered with polio drops.
