A five day Anti Polio Campaign (APC) will start from 11 January in five tehsils including Pothohar town, Murree, Kotli Sattian, Kahuta, Attock and Taxila of district Rawalpindi.
During the campaign polio drops will be administered to over 7,50,000 children below five years of age throughout district Rawalpindi. Health department has set up 1,696 polio teams which will administer polio drops at door steps.
Besides that 291 special centres will be established to administer polio drops to the children.
Health department Rawalpindi has already launched awareness campaign and posters are being displayed.
Executive district health officer Dr Arshid Ali Sabir said that mobile teams will take immediate action if any complaint about polio is received.
