Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Monday said that campaign against polio will be launched in 14 districts of Sindh from October 12 to 15, and during drive four million children, under five years of age will be covered.
He said the anti polio drive will begin in Hyderabad, Larkana, Dadu, Jamshoro , Sangar, Sukkur, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, N. Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Khairpur and Kamber.
He said that in Karachi, 93,130 children in Baldia, 120,553 children in Bin Qasim, 71,446 children in Gadap, 63,735 children in Gulberg, 91,628 children in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, 30,140 children in Kamari, 57,643 children in Korangi, 36,033 children in Landhi, 28,433 children in Liaquatabad, 30,643 children in Malir, 17,288 children in North Nazimabad, 45,764 in North Karachi, 92,498 children in Orangi, 7,381 children in Saddar and 120,273 children in SITE had been administered polio drops.
He said that the drive against dengue has been extended to all districts of Sindh, The first phase had been completed and the second phase would be launched soon.
