Punjab health minister appeals citizens to take active part in anti-polio campaign.

ISLAMABAD -- Health minister Punjab Yasmeen Rashid Wednesday has appealed citizens to take active part in anti-polio campaign and also monitor the working of teams so that country could be converted into a polio-free state soon.

'Our mission is to make Pakistan free from polio and this is our national issue and we have to work jointly for this objective", she said while talking to PTV news.

"We have to protect our nation from this disease. We have resolved to win the war against polio at any cost, she added.'

She urged parents, religious leaders and all stakeholders to convince people to vaccinate their children and take up the issue as a national cause.

'We appeal to the Ulema to play their role in making the anti-polio campaign successful", she said.

She said it was our national responsibility to save young generation from any kind of disability.

The Punjab health department was making all out efforts to combat this menace with success and it had composed teams with energetic representation.

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