All-Out Efforts To Eradicate Dengue, Says Salman.

Lahore -- Punjab Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique said on Thursday that not a single case of monkeypox had been reported across country until now.

He was presiding over a meeting here at Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P and SHD) to review measures taken by the Health Department against various diseases. Additional Secretary Technical Dr Asim Altaf, Director General Health Services Punjab Dr Haroon Jahangir, Director EPI Dr Mukhtar Awan, Director CDC Dr Shahid Hussain Magsi and other officers were present. Additional Secretary Dr Asim Altaf, DG Health Services Dr Haroon Jahangir and other program managers briefed the provincial minister on details of health measures.

During the meeting, measures to control diseases like corona, polio, dengue, monkeypox, heat stroke, malaria, measles, pneumonia, seasonal influenza, smog, AIDS, cancer, TB, hepatitis and other diseases were reviewed.

Kh Salman Rafique said that dengue situation in Punjab had been reviewed in detail, adding that Punjab Health Department was utilising all means to eradicate polio.

He said that integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health...