Districts Need To Improve Polio Drives Planning: EOC.

LAHORE -- Punjab Emergency Operations Centre Ms Syedha Ramallah Ali has said that there was an urgent need to improve macro and micro planning of polio campaigns. The EOC coordinator was talking to participants during several meetings held in Bahawalpur on her second day of visit to South Punjab. She had a day earlier spent a busy day in Multan where she held meetings with health management team as well as polio workers. On the second day of her mission to South Punjab, Ms Ramallah chaired a meeting in the DC office with the health management team. The Deputy Commissioner of Bahawalpur Mr Zahid Warraich was also present. The EOC coordinator then met with the CEO of Bahawalpur. The EOC coordinator in the third meeting met with the Pashtun elders representing tribes and various sub-tribes of North Waziristan who have settled in Bahawalpur permanently and have frequent travelling history to their native towns. The meeting was held against backdrop of polio environmental samples in Bahawalpur. 'The planning component needs to be improved by the next campaign planned in October. This is important in order to ensure its success', instructed the EOC coordinator and head of polio programme in Punjab Ms Syedah Ramallah Ali. 'There is enough room for improvement in training component also which needs to be addressed immediately. Positive environmental samples in Bahawalpur are a matter of concern and should be...