Polio vaccination campaign concludes in Larkana.

LARKANA -- A 7-day anti-polio campaign concluded on Friday after vaccinating about 340850 children up to the age of five years across the district.

The District Health Officer Larkana told journalists on Sunday evening, about 904 mobile teams, 82 fixed and 8 transit teams were constituted to vaccinate polio drops to children at houses or other places including bus terminals, exit and entry points and markets.

He said the staff involved in the drive, including mobile teams, to visit door to door while fixed centers had been set up at the hospitals, basic health units, and rural health centers as well as at various other spots to vaccinate children.

DHO Larkana said that the district had been divided in union councils, union committees which were visited by trained teams to vaccinate the targeted population of children in those areas.

He further said that follow-up efforts were also made on next days to ensure that each child up to the age of five had been administered anti-polio drops during the four days.

As part of arrangements, DHO Larkana said the teams had been trained in extensive training programmes, adding there was no shortage of the anti-polio vaccine and it had already been supplied the specific points for...