MIRPURKHAS, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 3rd Sep, 2026) Divisional Commissioner Mirpurkhas Shahmeer Khan Bhutto has said that effective training of polio teams is essential for the success of the anti-polio campaign.
Presiding over a meeting of the Divisional Task Force on Polio at the Commissioner Committee Hall on Thursday to review arrangements for the upcoming anti-polio campaign on Thursday, he stressed the need to make monitoring teams fully active during the campaign. He also stated that eliminating polio refusal cases was the prime responsibility of the concerned Tehsil Polio In-charges and Assistant Commissioners.
The meeting was informed that the anti-polio campaign would continue from September 21 to 24, during which oral polio vaccine drops would be administered to 884,467 children aged from birth to five years across 18 tehsils and 215 union councils in the three districts of the Mirpurkhas Division.
To ensure comprehensive coverage during the drive, 196 Union Council Medical Officers (UCMOs), 742 Area In-charges, 298 Transit Teams, 192 Fixed Teams, 6,608 mobile Teams, and 8,036 Lady Health Workers will participate and visit households to administer polio drops to children.
The meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner-I Subhash Chandar, Deputy Commissioner Nawab Sameer Hussain Laghari, Regional Director PPHI Mazhar Veesar, District Health Officer Mirpurkhas Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Assistant Commissioner General Ali Nawaz Samoon, District Manager PPHI Shehbaz Ali, and other concerned officers.
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