Six-day drive against Hepatitis inaugurated.

QUETTA -- Commissioner Nasirabad Division Abid Saleem Qureshi inaugurated a six-day campaign for screening diagnosis and treatment of jaundice in Nasirabad on Wednesday.

Hepatitis Control Program Provincial Coordinator Gul Sabin Azam, District Health Officer Dr Abdul Manan Lakti and other doctors were present on the occasion.

Commissioner Abid Saleem Qureshi said provincial government was taking all possible measures to control hepatitis which was increasing in the respective areas of Nasirabad.

He also urged the doctors to play their role in order to enhance effective awareness among people against hepatitis. Commissioner Division Abid Saleem Qureshi also appreciated efforts of Hepatitis Control Program Provincial for curbing same diseases by launching drive.

Addressing the inaugural function on the occasion, Head of Hepatitis Control Porgram Balochistan Dr. Gul Sabin Azam, said that Naseerabad was at high risk of hepatitis saying that vaccines and free medicines were being provided under Hepatitis Control Program in Naseerabad.

She said that under the Chief Minister's Hepatitis Control Program, measures are being taken to eradicate this contagious disease in Balochistan.

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