EOC to ensure immunization, healthcare services to people hard hit by floods.

PESHAWAR -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Emergency Operations Center for Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) has been playing a lead role in initiating several health interventions to ensure immunization and better healthcare services to the marginalized communities with specific focus on segments hard hit by the recent flood and heavy downpours.

This was stated by Additional Secretary Health (Polio) and Coordinator EOC, Muhammad Asif Rahim in an exclusive chat with media.

Muhammad Asif Rahim informed that EOC has chalked out a comprehensive plan to carry out various health activities in the province with prime focus on districts and areas that are badly affected by the recent floods and needed maximum attention of the health authorities in these testing times.

He told media that provincial EOC has been assisting Health department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in several areas including extended outreach activities and improving coverage of zero dose and routine immunization in the province.

Sharing details of some of the key interventions, Asif Rahim told media that EOC has taken an initiative to hold 400 health camps in view of prevailing flood situation in D.I.Khan, Tank, Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Swat, Shangla and Dir Lower districts from September 8, 2022.

During the health camps anti-rabies, anti-snake venom vaccines will be ensured along with mosquito repellents...