The anti-polio campaign with a view to eradicate polio from Pakistan is being launched from Tuesday, January 11 for three days all over Pakistan under the expanded programme on immunisation of the National Institute of Health, government of Pakistan. The campaign, which begins on Tuesday, will continue till January 13, 2005 and polio vaccination teams will visit door to door to administer anti-polio drops to all children up to the age of five years.
The campaign being launched all over Pakistan from Tuesday including Sindh province and provincial capital, Karachi, urges all people to ensure that children below the age of six months also get the anti-polio drops.
This three-day campaign is being launched all over Pakistan after proper organisation and co-ordination at provincial and district and Taluka levels as also at the Union Council level. Government officials are very hopeful that all children who had remained uncovered in the previous anti-polio campaigns would be covered in the three-day campaign beginning from Tuesday.