Anti-polio vaccination campaign begins in Fata

PESHAWAR:A three-day anti polio campaign in FATA starts from Monday inwhich 1004506 children below the age of five years will be vaccinated.

The campaign in FATA will continue from March 12, to March 14, followed by catch upof missed children, under the supervision of Aagency Surgeons and securityprovided by political administration.

Total of 1004506 children will be vaccinatedwith polio drops by3 709teams, comprising3379 mobile teams, 238 fixed teams and 92 transit teams.

EOC Coordinator Muhammad Zubair Khan said FATA team has achieved substantialprogress and are in a better position to eradicate polio.

None of these gains would have been possible without the committed of brave and heroicwork of frontline workers whose diligence and hard work is obvious from thefact that no polio case emerged in FATA since July 2016. The only thing we now need is to remain on track towards stopping transmission ofpolio and making sure that every last child receives anti polio vaccine hesaid.

Zubair advised the team to ensure vaccination of each and every child in FATAespecially high risk mobile population that travel to and from FATA and FRswithin the country and from outside across the border.It is worth mentioning here that FATA is without polio case for the last 19 months.