Anti-polio campaign kicks off in Balochistan today
- By Raza Haidery -
- Mar 10, 2014
QUETTA: Health department of Balochistan is all set to begin anti-polio drive in five districts of Balochistan on Monday (today), ARY News reports.
More than 761,000 children will be immunized from polio in five districts of Balochistan namely Quetta, Pishin, Qilla Abdullah, Zob and Sherani. The polio drive will be held for three days.
The health department has formed 1,794 teams for the drive.
According to health officials, more than 6,000 people are still not willing to immunize their children from the virus in the high risk areas of Balochistan.