KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho held meeting with DCs and DHOs of Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad and Mirpurkhas Division through an online meeting video link to reviews preparedness of anti-polio campaign.

Last year there were 20 cases of wild polio all reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. In Sindh, there have been no cases of Polio since 2021 and last reported case of polio in Sindh was on July 14, 2020. There was one environmental sample found in Karachi in all of 2022 and that was in Malir-Landhi at Bakhtawar Goth.

For 2023 readiness plan, there has been quality assessment that achieved 92 percent score at Khairpur, Sukkur, Kashmore, Larkana and Umerkot. Supervisory trainings were completed in all 14 districts and 92 percent of team training was also completed. Districts also received logistics items and vaccines were distributed to divisional stores.

There were also special guidelines for consideration in National Immunisation Days in 2023 that include special monitoring and supervision of riverine and desert areas.

Post-campaign planning and tracking of missed children should be continued and it should be recorded with standardised finger marking using specific ink that is used province-wide for polio vaccination.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 14 2023

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