A week-long polio eradication campaign kick starts here on Monday under which around 10.3 million children under the age of 5 years would be administered anti-polio vaccine across the Sindh. Sindh Caretaker Minister of Health, Public Health Engineering and Social Welfare Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz launched the campaign as a part of the National Immunization Days by administering polio drops to children at MCH JannatGul Hospital, Gadap, said a handout issued here.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the anti-polio campaign and later talking to the media Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz said that anti-polio campaign will continue in Karachi from October 2 to 8 and in the remaining 23 districts of Sindh from October 2 to 6, 2023.He said that during the anti-polio campaign, more than 37,000 teams consisting of over 80,000 health workers will administer polio drops to children aged up to five years, while children aged between 6 months to 5 years will be given Vitamin A supplements to boost their immunity.
Dr. Saad Khalid said that not a single case of polio has been reported in Sindh since July 2020, but in September 2023.
