ISLAMABAD, Sep 25 (APP):Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Dr. Nausheen Hamid said that all political parties have launched a comprehensive polio eradication drive to make Pakistan polio free. Talking to a private news channel, she urged the nation to help in making a polio-free Pakistan, adding, all stakeholders including religious scholars, media and people from every walk of life needs to contribute in national immunization drives. She said it is the duty of ulema, educationists and the media to create more awareness among people to combat the deadly disease as some of parents were witnessed for refusing to get their children vaccinated against polio during the ongoing drive. “We have been repeatedly saying that even if a single child is missed during the campaign, they are a threat since the virus could remain in circulation, she said, adding, we focusing on refusal cases and urging all stakeholders to play their active role for eliminating this crippling disease”. She said there is no other option but to make anti-polio campaign a success to save new generation from chronic disability. Coronavirus and other deadly epidemics The ongoing polio drive will target specific high-risk areas in all four provinces , she said, … Continue reading All political parties on same page against Polio eradication: Nausheen Hamid