(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Islamabad, 25 Dhu-AlHijjah,1437 AH, 26 September,2016 , SPA -- Pakistan on Monday launched a three-day national anti-polio campaign to vaccinate around 37 million children aged five or below to stamp out the crippling disease by the end of this year, officials said, according to dpa.
Thousands of security personnel - military, paramilitary and police - were escorting over 100,000 teams of vaccinators across the country, said Rana Safdar, national coordinator for the polio eradication programme.
"We hope to reach 95 per cent of kids under five this time," said Safdar as the drive kicked started from Monday morning.
Pakistan is among two countries along with Afghanistan where polio - a disease that cripples kids for life - is still an endemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
-- SPA
11:13 LOCAL TIME 08:13 GMT
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