Anti-polio campaign is being started from today in Karachi. Commissioner Karachi Ifitkhar Shawllani who is also the chairman of the task force formed by the Sindh government for eradication of Polio, will inaugurate the campaign for which all arrangements have been finalised.
It will be a seven-day campaign to be ended on 23 of this month. During the campaign more than 1.5 million children will be administered anti-polio drops in 105 union councils. More than 7 thousand polio teams will perform their duties in the campaign.
Chairing the meeting of task force, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani reviewed the arrangements made for the campaign. The meeting discussed in detail the micro plan made in this regard. Commissioner was told that the comprehensive arrangements for the campaign have been finalised and they were ready to start the campaign from Monday.
The meeting was briefed about the current situation of polio cases and told that in 2019 Pakistan 23 cases of polio have reported out of which 2 cases have been reported from Karachi (Layari and Gulshan).
The target population for this campaign is 1559308 (1.5 M) under-five children will be vaccinated in 105 Union Councils of Karachi. All draining & high risks are included during June SNID. 7660 Teams & 1814 Area Supervisors & UCMOs will deployed to vaccinated house to house children, while 3266 police accompany with teams shoulder to shoulder & Rangers in Patrolling in addition.