Quetta DC chairs meeting on polio drive in Panjpai and refusal-hit areas

Deputy Commissioner Quetta Mehr Allah Badini presided over a meeting on making the polio campaign effective and successful in remote areas, particularly Panjpai and other areas with refusal cases.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Muhammad Anwar Kakar, representatives of the polio programme, relevant officials and local elders attended the meeting.

The meeting held detailed discussions on persuading parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated during the campaign, raising public awareness, and ensuring that polio teams can reach remote areas.

Describing the cooperation of local elders as important, participants expressed the resolve that effective measures would be taken, through joint efforts, to give polio drops to every child and to end refusal cases.

Photo: Courtesy DG PR Balochistan