5 lac and 97 thousand children would be administered POLIO drops during POLIO eradication campaign starting from 16th of January in Bahawalpur

5 lac and 97 thousand children  would be administered POLIO drops during  POLIO eradication campaign starting from 16^th of January  in Bahawalpur

             (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 16^th 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.