Achievable goal: Stopping polio ‘within reach’
The final polio box in Fata was reported on Jul 27, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: The idea of interlude a widespread of polio in Pakistan is good within reach.
This was settled by United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) effusive nation deputy Angela Kearney during a farewell eventuality during a National Emergency Operation Centre in Islamabad on Wednesday.
“With a full participation of community-based vaccinators and successful doing of opposite strategies to consistently strech all children, interlude delivery looks good within reach.”
Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq appreciated Unicef’s support in eradicating a crippling disease.
“Our partnership will continue even after we get absolved of this lethal illness from Pakistan and a world.”
She removed that Unicef had played an active purpose in assisting Pakistan strech so tighten to a finish line in a quarrel opposite polio.
Senator Farooq serve elaborated that a recently finalised NEAP 2017-18 showcases a government’s solve in progressing aggressiveness to finish a job.
This, she said, would need additional support from all a tellurian partners including Unicef, World Health Organisation, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), ISDB and GPEI.
Published in The Express Tribune, Aug 3rd, 2017.
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