Polio vaccination drive begins in South, East districts
August 3, 2021
A polio vaccination campaign kicked off in District South on Monday morning in an inauguration ceremony held at the Aga Khan University Hospitalâs (AKUH) Clifton Branch, UC11, under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Irshad Sodhar.
Polio vaccinators attended the event after which they went off to conduct the drive. According to Additional Commissioner-I of District South, the campaign is underway in the entire city.
The reason for holding the inaugural ceremony in the District South, he said, was to spread awareness regarding the polio drive. âMedia can play a very important role in spreading awareness regarding polio,â he stressed, adding that the polio staff were very well-trained and such ceremonies helped boost their morale.
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Sun 10th January 2021 | 06:30 PM
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Jan, 2021 ) :The Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for polio in Sindh will launch a province-wide polio campaign fromJanuary 11 to 17, as a part of the national immunization days, to give oralPolio drops to around nine million children of under 5-year across the province.
This will be the first campaign of 2021 in which anti-polio drops will be given to approximately nine million children under five years of age across the 29 districts of Sindh, said a spokesperson of the EOC Sindh on Sunday.
Out of these nine million children, more than two million children from 6 to 59 months of age reside in Karachi will also be provided vitamin A drops to further boost immunity.