Last anti-polio campaign of year begins in Tribal districts.

PESHAWAR -- The three-day Oral Polio Vaccination (OPV) campaign is starting in tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from December 10, 2018.

Total of 892471 children, below the age of five years will be vaccinated with only oral polio vaccination in seven Tribal districts by 4058 teams, comprising 3741 mobile teams, 222 fixed teams and 95 transit teams, said the spokesperson on Sunday.

Coordinator EOC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribal Districts Kamran Ahmed Afridi said that children on the move should be specially focused for polio vaccination as traveling families could become a source of transmitting and spreading polio virus and affect children at the destination.

He directed transit teams to be vigilant in polio reservoir areas especially the teams located on inter district, inter provincial and international borders. He said polio virus is still in circulation and directed to ensure vaccination of every child that moves to and from Tribal Districts.

He termed decline in the number of polio cases as hard work of front-line polio...