ISLAMABAD: A five-day national polio immunization drive starts today to vaccinate over 40 million children under the age of five across Pakistan. A supplementary dose of Vitamin A drops will also.
District administrations directed to remove hiccups in PEI
National
January 9, 2021
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Kazim Niaz on Friday directed district administrations to ensure smooth conduct of anti-polio drive in respective districts and address the challenges in stamping out the scourge from the region.
He said this while chairing Provincial Task Force Meeting (PTF) held here at the Civil Secretariat.
Inspector General Police Sanaullah Abbasi, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Rabia Basri, Secretary Health, Imtiaz Hussain Shah, Secretary Elementary & Secondary Education, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Additional Secretary Health (Polio) & Coordinator for Emergency Operation Centre, Abdul Basit, DG Health, Dr, Muhammad Niaz and representatives of the partners’ staff members were present.
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