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Polio drive in Khyber runs into void
[Dawn]  The anti-polio campaign conducted after a gap of about 20 months in Khyber Agency failed to achieve any worthwhile success, as majority of children were missed and health officials say they will repeat the exercise on Monday (June 20).The officials admitted on Friday that the three-day campaign held from June 13-15 ended without reaching the target children. "The results are not very encouraging despite our sincere efforts," said Assistant Political Agent of Bara tehsil Rehan Khattak. He said that only a few hundred parents turned up with their children at the designated vaccination points in the tribal agency. Mr Khattak, however, admitted that insecurity was still the main concern for most of Bara residents where not a single child was administered the vaccine. The APA said that results were a bit encouraging in Meel Waat camp and Fort Salop where some people turned up with their children. Over 100,000 children have not been vaccinated against polio due to the ongoing military operation in most parts of Bara since September 2009. Posted by: Fred 2011-06-19 |
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