(BAHAWALPURPR) As many as 5 lac and 97 thousand children
under the age of 5 years would be administered POLIO drops through 3 days POLIO
eradication campaign starting from 16th of January 2017 in District
Bahawalpur. This was stated in a meeting to finalize the arrangements of POLIO
eradication campaign held under the Chairmanship of Additional Deputy
Commissioner Bahawalpur Amjad Bashir at the committee room of Deputy Commissioner
Bahawalpur.
The meeting was
attended by District Health Officer Dr. Saeed Asghar, Focal Person Dr. Zakir,
Deputy Director Agriculture Mian Manzoor Ahmad, President of trading union
Hafiz Muhammad Younis, member of peasants' welfare society Muhammad Yaqoob, Dr.
Zeeshan Rauf and other officers and officials of the concerned departments.
The meeting was
briefed that a total number of 1369 POLIO drop administering teams which
include:- 1077 Mobile teams, 157 fixed teams would perform their duties while
117 teams would be stationed at Bus Stands, Wagon Stands, Railway Stations and
Toll Plazas. These teams would have the further support of 18 teams which would
perform their duties at market places.
Additional Deputy
Commissioner Bahawalpur Amjad Bashir urged upon the officials of the Health
department and the other relevant departments along with representatives of
civil society to play their role effectively to make this campaign a real
success.



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