ISLAMABAD: A three-day national poliomyelitis protection campaign is about to start within the federal capital and alternative elements of the country from weekday (tomorrow).
Thousands of groups are fashioned for the drive against the disabling malady with hopes to eliminate the virus this year, official sources same.
According to a United Nations agency health official, there was associate a minimum of eighty five per cent reduction in poliomyelitis cases recorded in 2015 and with this type of progress, West Pakistan may be declared a non-epidemic country for poliomyelitis virus this year.
The year 2014 was a troublesome year for health authorities as West Pakistan recorded 305 cases of poliomyelitis. a political candidate of poliomyelitis Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Fata told media recently that in 2015, only 16,000 kids uncomprehensible protection within the country – extremely commendable if compared to the figures in 2014.
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Around 292,000 kids from Khyber Agency, North Waziristan and South Waziristan uncomprehensible protection in 2014 owing to inconvenience to those areas.
Polio vaccination has continuously remained a challenge for health officers within the country for they need to win over oldsters, World Health Organization area unit generally reluctant thanks to their conservative views.
A district health official in urban center, Dr Arshad Ali Sabir told APP that special attention would be to the coverage of kids throughout the most recent campaign.
Special counters would be established at public parks, railway stations, bus and wagon stands, airports and transit points to administer anti-polio drops to kids to make sure that no kid is left while not the immunizing agent.
Security measures in urban center
Sindh military officer Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali issued directions to produce comprehensive security cowl to anti-polio groups in urban center.
The IGP directed preparation of police commandos with poliomyelitis groups particularly in categorised/identified sensitive union councils.
According to a comprehensive report compiled by AIG Operations Sindh, Ghayasuddin Rashidi, almost 5,000 police personnel drawn from Sindh Reserve Police, Counter terrorist act Department, Sindh Crime Branch, Anti-Encroachment Cell, sufferer Benazirabad Elite Police coaching faculty Razaqabad, and Police college Saeedabad/RTC Hyderabad, Jam Nawaz and PTC Shahdadpur can perform security duties additionally to the present force of urban center Police.
Karachi Police has deputed around seven,000 police personnel, 410 vehicles and 240 motorcycles for the anti-polio campaign.
According to the Sindh Police representative, such measures area unit being taken to produce foolproof security to medical examiners, doctors, alternative employees and children/families, notably in areas of sensitive union councils, throughout the campaign.
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