KP CS stresses efforts to ensure eradication of polio.

PESHAWAR -- shahzad Bangash, Chief secretary Khyber pakhtunkhwa, while chairing the provincial Task Force (PTF) Meeting on Tuesday, praised the collaboration of all partners working under the umbrella of the provincial emergency Operations Center (peOC) and the health department, saying that all stakeholders will be encouraged to do their part to ensure the eradication of the crippling disease polio from the region. arshad Khan, DIG Operations CpO Khyber pakhtunkhwa, asif Iqbal, additional secretary population welfare, additional secretary Finance, Director PMRU, representation of 11 corps, Lt Col amjad, Director General health services Kp, shaheen afridi, provincial head of rotary International rauf rohaila, UNICEF Team Lead Polio Eradication Initiative (peI), hamesh Young, additional secretary health (polio eradication), asif rahim, Director epI, Dr arif, Team Lead N Stop, Dr Hafizullah, National Professional Officer whO, Dr Kamran waheed, Deputy Director eOC, Muhammad Zeeshan Khan, and others were also present.

The meeting was also streamed live to all commissioners and deputy commissioners through a video link. speaking on the occasion, shahzad Bangash underscored the need for focus on community engagement to raise awareness on the significance of essential immunisation saying it is very important to connect with the communities, improve coordination at all levels and encourage factual reporting to get the real data from the field that trigger issue based corrective measures. he stated that each round of anti: polio campaigns requires a significant amount of effort, coordination, and resources and that it was critical to ensure the best utilisation and benefits from all of these efforts by putting in place a stringent monitoring and accountability system at all levels. 'No polio case has been detected for the last three months while all environmental locations are negative suggesting good progress in the campaign against polio'...