Kalat DC Ayesha Zehri inaugurates four-day anti-polio drive

KALAT: In line with the directives of the Chief Minister of Balochistan, Deputy Commissioner Kalat Engineer Ayesha Zehri formally inaugurated the four-day anti-polio campaign across the district under the Polio-free drive. She did so by administering polio drops to children.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Shahnawaz Baloch, District Health Officer Dr Abdul Malik, Medical Superintendent of the Teaching Hospital Dr Somar Khan, PPHI District Manager Jahangir Zehri and Deputy District Health Officer Dr Muhammad Iqbal Nurzai also gave drops to children and marked their fingers.

Target and duration of the campaign

Briefing the Deputy Commissioner on the four-day campaign, District Health Officer Dr Abdul Malik said it would begin on 2 November 2026 and continue until 5 November 2026.

During the campaign, the target is to give polio drops to 40,269 children up to the age of five in 19 union councils of Kalat district.

Deputy Commissioner Kalat Engineer Ayesha Zehri said the vaccination teams must go door to door and ensure that all children up to the age of five receive polio drops. She said area supervisors should monitor the polio teams effectively and no child should be left without the drops during the campaign.

She said parents, political and social workers, religious scholars, poets, writers and the journalist community should play a positive and effective role in making the campaign a success. She said building a polio-free society is the shared responsibility and basic aim of everyone.

Photo: Courtesy DGPR Balochistan