ISLAMABAD / QUETTA:
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s officials have vowed to increase coordination in an effort to eradicate polio virus from the border regions of the two neighbouring countries, according to sources.
The pledge was made at a meeting between Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Dr Syed Saifur Rehman and Dr Rashid from the Public Health Services of Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak area. Officials from Unicef, WHO and N Stop were also present.
“The officials from both sides agreed to administer polio drops to all the children crossing the Pak-Afghan border,” Dr Rehman said.
“Our target is to improve the performance of permanent transit points (PTP) along with the Pak-Afghan border,” he added.
