ISLAMABAD March 12 (TNS): A five-day anti-polio drive kicked off on Monday in eight districts of Punjab and a three-day drive in 17 districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
According to the Punjab Health Department and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, during the campaign polio eradication teams will visit door-to-door to administer drops to children below the age of five.
In Punjab, 17,000 polio teams have been set up to given polio drops to children in Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rawalpindi, Rahim Yar Khan and Sheikhupura districts, Radio Pakistan reported.
In KP, the campaign will be held in Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Malakand, Swat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Chitral, Kohat, Karak, Hangu, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank and Dera Ismail Khan for which 19,500 teams have been constituted.
Polio teams will also be available at railway stations, bus stands, public places and Afghan refugees camps to ensure administering of anti-polio drops to every child. Strict security measures have been taken to ensure protection of the polio teams.
