Polio vaccine drops are administered to a child in Peshawar. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: The Sub-National Immunisation Days (SNIDs) campaign will kick off on Aug 2 during which more than 23.6 million children in 68 districts of all four provinces as well as Islamabad will be administered anti-polio drops.
Approximately, 179,000 frontline polio workers will go house to house, observing the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Covid-19, to ensure children’s protection from the crippling poliovirus.
“Pakistan has made significant progress over the past months and with the declining polio cases it is important to continue with full force. We need to ensure all eligible children are vaccinated during each campaign to build up their immunity. I urge all parents to welcome polio teams and accept polio drops,” said Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, while inaugurating the SNIDs campaign on Thursday at the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC)
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Germany to provide €5m to eradicate polio
Funds will be utilised for anti-polio campaigns across the country and at transit points along the border
PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The German government through World Health Organisation will provide an additional five million euros to Pakistan for anti-polio campaigns and eradicating the crippling disease from the country.
The funds would be utilised to administer vaccines at 123 transit points setup along the border as well as for anti-polio drives across the country. On these transit points, 26.1 million children were vaccinated against the crippling disease during the first quarter of 2019-2020.
In a statement issued by WHO Country Representative to Pakistan Dr Palitha Mahipala, he expressed gratitude to the German government for the aid.