Polio drive in Sanjawi and Baghao from 3 to 6 August, Ziarat meeting told

ZIARAT: A D-PEC meeting on the polio campaign was held under the chair of Deputy Commissioner Abdul Quddus Achakzai.

District Health Officer Dr Rafiq Ahmed Mastoi, District Polio Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Shahbaz, DSV Pervaiz-ud-Din, ASV Umar Farooq and Muhammad Zaman attended the meeting.

The meeting was told that the polio drive would begin on 3 August in two unions of Sanjawi, Municipal Corporation Sanjawi and Union Council Baghao, and would end on 6 August.

Addressing the meeting, Ziarat Deputy Commissioner Abdul Quddus Achakzai said the polio campaign was a national campaign and everyone had to play their part to make it a success. He said the media and civil society could play an important role. A polio-free Pakistan, he said, was the vision.

He said that if even one child was left without polio drops, the campaign would not be successful. He said it was also the duty of parents to give polio drops to children up to five years of age and protect their children from disability.

Photo: Courtesy DGPR Balochistan