Shahzad Rasheed
Peshawar (PR): Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has finalized all arrangements for the November round of Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs), scheduled to begin on November 2, 2026, across 27 selected districts of the province.
The preparations were reviewed at a high-level meeting held at Provincial EOC on Friday. Additional Secretary Health and EOC Coordinator Sarah Rehman chaired the meeting, which was attended by officials of the Health Department and representatives of UNICEF, WHO, NSTOP, Gates Foundation, and other relevant stakeholders.
Participants were informed that the campaign aims at vaccinating more than 4.80 million children under five years of age against polio across the selected districts. The campaign will commence simultaneously in Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and D.I. Khan divisions, as well as in district Bajaur, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Abbottabad, Torghar, Lower Kohistan, Upper Kohistan and Kolai Palas.
The campaign will continue for seven days in Peshawar and Khyber districts and for four days in the remaining selected districts.
Regarding operational arrangements, the meeting was informed that 20,772 trained polio vaccination teams have been deployed across the target areas. These comprise 18,630 mobile teams, 1,225 fixed teams and 917 transit teams to ensure that all eligible children receive polio drops. In addition, 4,734 area in-charges have been assigned to supervise and monitor the polio teams’ activities.
To ensure the safe conduct of the campaign, approximately 30,000 security personnel have also been deployed across the target areas to provide security for frontline polio workers throughout the vaccination drive
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