Provincial Task Force meeting: Strategy evolved to cover kids missing anti-polio drops
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Provincial Task Force meeting: Strategy evolved to cover kids missing anti-polio drops
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Towards a polio-free Pakistan in 2021
While Pakistan successfully tackled the pandemic, questions were raised as to why we couldn’t eradicate polio so far
Year 2020 will be remembered for the challenges it brought to global public health. Like others, Pakistan had to focus on mounting best possible response to control Covid-19. But perhaps the most critical contribution came from the national polio eradication programme. By using all available resources, its team helped build Covid surveillance and data management systems and raised awareness among people.
While Pakistan was applauded for successfully tackling the pandemic, questions were raised as to why we couldn’t eradicate polio so far. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only ones left where wild polio virus continues to threaten children’s health underlying the urgency we must work with in order to deliver a polio-free world.
January 8, 2021
The year 2020 has (finally) come to an end. The year will be remembered for the challenges it brought to global public health, and to our lives. Like other nations around the globe, Pakistan had no choice but to focus on and address the most pressing and immediate need of the hour – mounting the best possible response to control the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the battle is still on, the resilience and courage demonstrated by the Pakistani nation thus far has been exemplary. All of the government’s and many private sector and civil society stakeholders made enormous contributions to the battle against Covid-19. But perhaps the most critical contribution came from the national Polio Eradication Programme. By using all available resources, the disciplined team of the polio eradication programme has made remarkable contributions in building Covid-19 surveillance and data management systems and raising awareness among people.