Six-day polio booster drive starts in Peshawar high-risk areas
The District Emergency Operations Centre has fielded 1,728 teams and 1,383 social mobilisers for a six-day booster drive covering children aged four months to 10 years.
A six-day special polio booster drive has begun in 48 high-risk union councils of Peshawar.
Authorities aim to reach 1,111,107 children aged four months to 10 years.
The DEOC has deployed 1,728 trained teams and 1,383 social mobilisers, with security arrangements for vaccinators.
Doses will be given at schools, health facilities and community vaccination points; children aged five to 10 will also get oral polio vaccine drops.
Deputy Commissioner Afaq Wazir urged parents and community leaders to ensure every eligible child is vaccinated.