Dr Sharifa said that WHO would provide every kind of support to CDA during its campaign for eradication of polio. A CDA official said that the meeting was also attended by the representatives of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, WHO, Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and other stakeholders.
The official said the meeting decided that participatory approach would be adopted to involve multi-sectoral efforts for achieving 100 percent target of administering polio drops to children under five during the upcoming campaign from December 17-20.
Dr Hassan Urooj, Director Health Services (DHS), CDA, briefed the meeting about the arrangements regarding the polio campaign. During the three-day immunisation activity, CDA in collaboration with its partner organisations would administer polio drops to 66,016 children. The city has been divided into nine zones and 42 sectors, which would be covered by 240 teams out of which 174 teams are mobile, 26 transit teams and 40 fixed centres. He said that DHS had initiated Permanent Transit Strategy (PTS) in Islamabad and established 20 PTS sites where 50 teams would be deputed. DHS would also conduct self-assessment using its monitors during and after the polio campaign. While polio control room would also be established, which will work round the clock and complaints would also be entertained and conveyed to the concerned supervisors for timely coverage of the missed children.
Senator Saeeda Iqbal said that the concerned organisations should actively contribute to gear up efforts against polio and other diseases. She called upon the need for active awareness campaign in this regard, especially for maintaining cleanliness at public places. The Chairman CDA said that the authority had allocated 66 vehicles for smooth running of the campaign and would also provide human resource from different formations of the authority as and when needed.