PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar formally launched a Three-Day Polio Eradication Campaign at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House Peshawar on Monday with a target to vaccinate 4.9 million children under five years of age in the province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). To achieve this target, 22,512 teams will be supervised by 13,000 trained lady health workers who have been engaged to reach each and every child of the desired age during the campaign.
In all 2,771 supervisors including 549 lady health workers are also directly supervising the campaign in FATA.
The governor said the promotion of awareness was very important to ensure accessibility to each and every child and there was a need to aggressively peruse the targeted polio eradication plan. Provincial Health Minister Syed Zahir Ali Shah, who was also present at the occasion, said the department was following a concrete plan of action constituted under the directives of the governor and the chief minister for getting rid of the menace of polio. The FATA administration secretary said the involvement of political administration in FATA had helped in overcoming hurdles.
Articles/Assignments written by me for polio eradication in FATA.
1. The Social and Physical Health Status of women in Bezai Mohmand Agency FATA
Pakistan (2003)
2. How to eradicate POLIO absolutely in sub-division Khwazai/Bezai and the
comparison of POLIO campaign of Afghanistan Vs Pakistan in Sub-division
Khawazai/Bezai Mohmand Agency FATA, Pakistan (2003)
3. Differential Demographic Analysis of area Alla Dad Mena Mohmand Agency FATA
Pakistan during NID June, 2004.
4. Micro Census Data Collection and Analysis Research For Polio Eradication & Active
AFP Surveillance at Area Manzari Cheena Bezai Mohmand Agency.
5. Active Networking System for AFP Surveillance at Community level in FATA
Pakistan.
6. An Insight to the History, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis of Malaria.
7. A trial survey Study Design of Micro Census Data Collection for Polio Eradication &
active AFP Surveillance at Community level in Mohmand Agency.
8. The Restructuring and Reorganization of Routine Immunization Program at Sub-
division Khwazai / Bezai Mohmand Agency FATA.
9.Reasons And Remedies of the OPV Refusal Cases in Polio NIDs at Mohmand Agency
FATA Pakistan.
10. An Insight to the Development of Communication Strategy for Polio Eradication
at FATA.
11. The Evaluation of Routine Immunization in Polio NIDs.
12. A Pragmatic Approach for Polio Eradication in FATA Pakistan.
13. A world without polio (A video documentary ) http://www.youtube.com
14. Facts Sheet of Hepatitis B & C & Malaria at Bezai Sub Division Mohmand
Agency(2003-09)
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