PESHAWAR - Afghan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments will conduct coordinated campaigns to prevent polio transmission and circulation.
“The decision to conduct campaigns on the same day with Afghanistan would minimise the risk of missed children who are on the move,” the health secretary said on Saturday.
Abid Majeed, inaugurating the special inactivated polio vaccination (IPV) drive at the Lady Reading Hospital here, hoped such campaigns would also address the issue of virus transmission in the region.
He said over two million children aged four to 23-month would be vaccinated during the IPV drive, which begins in Peshawar on Monday, tomorrow. (Pajhwok)