Qadir Patel urges to make joint efforts to eradicate polio.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel on Friday called upon the concerned quarters to focus their efforts on remaining bottlenecks and meeting the last remaining challenges in finishing job of polio eradication in the country.

Chairing a high-level meeting, the minister said that Pakistan has surmounted the most daunting of challenges and we are now well poised to stop transmission of the poliovirus.

Earlier, Polio Emergency National Coordinator Dr. Shahzad Baig gave a detailed briefing on the current status of the Polio Eradication Program.

He said that there has been a major decline in polio cases as in last year only one polio case was reported in the country while our efforts must continue till reaching zero case.

The coordinator informed that due to the consistent efforts of the present government and support from international partners, Provincial Governments, Armed Forces, and law enforcement agencies, polio cases had been significantly reduced.

The minister said that even a single case of polio in the country should be taken seriously and no effort should be spared to...

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