As many as 2,741 teams have been constituted to administer anti-polio vaccine drops to 1.1 million children up to the age of five years here. This was disclosed at a health review committee meeting with Executive District Officer Revenue Muhammad Ali Baloch in the chair.
Briefing the EDO about the arrangements made for the three-day anti-polio drive starting from September 12 to 14, spokesman for the Health Department said that Faisalabad district had been divided into 71 zones while 436 area in charges had been deputed to monitor the working of the mobile teams. The EDO said that it was encouraging that no case of polio had been detected during the last two years and now Faisalabad could be declared a polio-free district.
He directed co-ordination between headmasters, Ulema and union Nazims to ensure 100 percent dispensation of anti-polio vaccine drops to the children up to the age of five years.
He said that certificates would be awarded to the headmasters giving 100 percent results during the campaign. He also directed health officers to involve Ulema and union council Nazims through Auqaf Department and district Nazims in the campaign.