A five-day anti-polio campaign will formally start from Monday (February 17) to immunize over 6.7 million children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the age of five years against the poliovirus. In January, it was reported that the overall tally of reported polio cases across the country had reached 134 in 2019 with 91 cases in KP, 24 cases in Sindh, eight in Punjab and 11 in Balochistan respectively.

Terming polio eradication as a national cause and a collective responsibility, the Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Kazim Niaz has urged all segments of the society, donor agencies and government institutions, to make coordinated efforts to save the future generations from life-long disabilities.