Commissioner Dera reviews polio drive preparations

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th May, 2026) Commissioner Dera Dawood Khan has chaired a meeting of the Divisional Task Force for Polio Eradication and reviewed ongoing anti-polio efforts and preparations for the upcoming National Immunization Day campaign.

The meeting was attended by Regional Police Officer Ghulam Mubashir Maken, Deputy Commissioner Abdul Nasir Khan, officials from the Health Department, COMNet, Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), and Assistant to Commissioner (Political and Development) Sajjad Baloch.

Deputy commissioners and district police officers from Tank, South Waziristan Lower and South Waziristan Upper also joined the meeting online.

During the meeting, the commissioner directed all relevant departments to ensure close coordination and full cooperation for the success of the campaign.

The meeting was informed that the NID campaign would begin on May 18 and arrangements across the division were being finalized to vaccinate children against polio.

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Dawood Khan instructed authorities to update micro-plans and complete data records to improve target-setting and future planning.

He also reviewed the security situation and directed officials to ensure strict security arrangements at all vaccination centres so that polio teams could perform their duties without fear.

The commissioner also appealed the parents to ensure that their children receive polio drops, stressing that vaccination was essential to protect children from the crippling disease. He said eradication of polio required the vaccination of every child and called it a collective social responsibility.

The health experts noted that the poliovirus still exists in a few parts of the world and cases continue to emerge in some areas of Pakistan, making child immunization critically important. The commissioner directed the Health Department and other relevant institutions to ensure door-to-door coverage and strengthen public awareness efforts during the campaign.

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