PESHAWAR: The three-day
Case response polio vaccination campaign would be conducted from July 15 to 17 in affected and surrounding districts of Hazara and Malakand divisions.The children missed during the
campaign would be vaccinated on the fourth– the catch-up day of the campaign. “The
campaign will be conducted under the supervision of commissioners, deputy commissioners, and district health officers with the support of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police and law-enforcing agencies,” said a press release.A total of 614,590 children will be vaccinated by 2,657 well-trained
polio teams, comprising 2,342 mobile teams, 208 fixed teams, 86 transit teams and 21 roaming teams with 641 area in-charges to oversee and monitor
vaccination at the local level.The number of
polio cases has soared to 33 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 41 in the country during 2019, so far.Main reasons for the increase in the
polio cases have been routine-immunisation zero dose children and refusing parents which leave children vulnerable to the attack of wild poliovirus and help the virus to circulate in the region. First
Case response campaign was successfully carried out in June, whereas, to completely put an end to this outbreak, three
Case response campaigns have been decided including the one, which will be carried in the days to come.Emergency Operation Centre Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Coordinator Kamran Ahmed Afridi said, “Case
response campaign successfully conducted in June 2019 has put a hold to
polio cases since no
Case reported with onset date after the completion of June
Case response campaign.”“It has been witnessed time and again that parents believing in propaganda and lies against vaccination, refuse anti-polio drops or leave their children zero dose for essential immunisation has faced the unfortunate incident of
polio Case at their homes,” he added. The official said, “Oral
polio vaccines are the safest and effective vaccine and it is the way to secure our children against
polio disease and eradicate poliovirus.”
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