Quetta DC reviews polio drive, says no child must miss drops

QUETTA: Deputy Commissioner Quetta Mehrullah Badini chaired a meeting of the District Polio Control Committee (D-PEC). The meeting reviewed in detail the progress of the polio campaign in the district, the performance of field teams and the process of giving drops to children.

The Additional Deputy Commissioner General, the Deputy District Health Officer, the District Polio Coordinator, the N-STOP officer and other officials of the Health Department and the polio programme attended. The meeting considered the overall state of the campaign, team performance, coverage of children, missed children and the challenges faced. Officials briefed the meeting on the achievement of targets.

Deputy Commissioner Mehrullah Badini said the eradication of polio was among the government’s top priorities and that no negligence or carelessness in the campaign would be tolerated. He directed that all available resources be used and that the monitoring of field teams be made more effective.

He stressed that no child in Quetta district should be left without polio drops. He said missed children must be identified and vaccinated in every case, and that special attention and effective monitoring must be ensured in sensitive areas. He directed that coordination between departments be strengthened so that efforts to make the whole province, including Quetta, polio-free succeed.

Photo: Courtesy DGPR Balochistan