PESHAWAR:
UNICEF representative Ms Angela Kearney has stated that there has been a decrease in polio cases due to efforts by the government and frontline workers, sources claimed.
She emphasised that cross segments of society needed to play a role in stamping the disease out of the region also.
These remarks were made during her visit to Emergency Operation Center (EOC) KP on Wednesday.
EOC Coordinator Dr Akbar Khan, Regional Coordinator UNICEF Rod Curtis and Chief Field Officer UNICEF Michael Juma were also present at the occasion.
Ms Angela Kearney paid tributes to polio workers for their sacrifices in the line of duty that aimed to achieve the global cause of polio eradication.
She said that K-P and FATA were the spotlight and focus of the world due to polio.
She further lauded ‘Sehat Ka Ittehad’ in K-P, with more than 10,000 zero dose children vaccinated for the first time under the banner.
Ms Angela assured all-out support on behalf of UNICEF till the last missed child.
