Four-day anti-polio campaign starts in Larkana division

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LARKANA: Four-day anti-polio campaign started on Monday throughout Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kandhkot-Kashmore districts of Larkana division.

During the campaign, teams will visit door-to-door in the five districts to administer Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to 11,78,300 children up to five years of age.

The District Health Departments Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kandhkot-Kashmore districts have deputed more than 2,898 mobile and fixed teams to administer OPV to children.

On the first day of the campaign on Monday, mobile anti-polio teams visited schools, bus stands and railway stations and also went door-to-door to give anti-polio drops to children, in far-flung areas, rural and urban areas of five districts to accomplish the task.

The officials of the Health Department have appealed to people to come forward and cooperate with polio teams.