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Pakistan's "First" anti -polio City!

Pakistan is a country striving hard for the facilitation of common man by utilization of resources.

In this effort, Islamabad has claimed to be the first city in the respective country to demolish polio from every common area with children under the age of five.

According to recent census, around 60.000 children under the age of five were found living in slums without proper shelter.

Not a single child had been missed in this polio campaign reports the health officials.

The Directorate of health services of Capital Development Authority (CDA) reported the following news with its claim carried out from 27 to 30 December 2013.

Dr Hassan Urooj (WHO) also agreed to the officials following the claim.He had also told that no child was left in this campaign.

“For this campaign youth above the age of 20 years were trained as health activists to administer drops in their respective communities and to ensure that a child once missed due to any reason should be rechecked unless the drops are administrated,” he said.

He further informed that around 151 teams were organised  having 302 workers with 35 deputy supervisors. 

It is,indeed, a great and untiring effort taking its step to a  more sustainable Pakistan

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