More than 0.5 million children under the age of five will be administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) as the special anti-polio drive in five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be launched from today April 3.
Chairing a high level meeting in this regard Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Co-ordinator Akbar Khan informed that the upcoming campaign has been planned in Shangla, Battagram, Kohistan, 15 Union Councils of Abbottabad and 13 Union Councils of Mansehra as case response to Gilgilt-Baltistan Case.
"Tremendous successes have been achieved in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to hard work and dedication of polio workers as well as valuable Cooperation by partner organizations, parents, media and all segments of the society. But our ultimate target is to eliminate crippling disease of polio completely from the province and the region and we have to work hard to achieve this goal," said Akber Khan.
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