A Three-day Polio eradication campaign to vaccinate children under five years of age commenced in all four talukas of Hyderabad district from Monday. Hyderabad District Focal Person on Health Dr Muhammad Ashraf Memon told that the campaign had been launched with an objective to vaccinate a total of 298947 children in Hyderabad City, Latifabad, Qasimabad and Rural Talukas of the district. He informed that a total of 717 mobile vaccination teams had been deployed at 90 fixed and 37 transit points of the district. The performance of the vaccinators would be monitored by medical officers at 52 Union Councils with Incharges and Supervisors assigned by the health department.
