LAKKI MARWAT: Several children of reluctant parents were immunised against polio during the ongoing three-day polio eradication campaign on Tuesday.
Deputy Commissioner Jehangir Azam Wazir himself visited rural localities when field staffers informed him that parents were not willing to get their children administered with the oral polio vaccine.
He monitored the anti-polio drive in Tajazai, Ghaznikhel, Jabukhel and other rural localities. Officials of the Health Department and partners’ organisations also accompanied him. The deputy commissioner examined arrangements for kids’ vaccination in rural health facilities and covered refusal cases.
He met reluctant parents and convinced them on immunization of their children below the age of five against the crippling disease.
He administered anti-polio drops to several children and called upon people, especially parents, to cooperate with polio workers. The official said polio can cause lifelong disability to children,” he maintained, adding we can save our kids from the hazards of disease by administering them two drops of the anti-polio vaccine in every round.
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