LAHORE - It is a matter of great concern that Pakistan is far behind even from the African countries in Polio eradication. All the stakeholders including workers of Health Department, parents, social workers, teachers, religious leaders and people from various walks of life must discharge their responsibility with more commitment and professionalism for complete eradication of polio. These views were expressed by Chairman Chief Minsters Task Force on Spurious Drugs, Dr Saeed Elahi while inaugurating 3-day National Anti-polio Campaign at Childrens Hospital here on Saturday. He said Pakistan is among the four countries where polio disease still exists. He said due to the terrorist activities in the northern areas and Khyber PK a number of children have been deprived to administer polio drops, due to which this disease was not eradicated completely. Dr Saeed Elahi further said that there are also shortcomings at operational level in polio eradication drive and Health Department will have to adopt a strict policy for overcoming these lapses. Earlier, DG Health Punjab Dr Aslam Ch briefed about the arrangements made for Anti-Polio Campaign. He informed that in Punjab 12th to 14th July, 2010 3-Day National Immunization Campaign would be launched during which 1,6075968 children of upto 5 year of age would be administered polio drops. For this purpose 31,915 mobile teams, 4,170 stationed at the all the hospitals and 2,197 teams at the transactional points like bus terminals, railway stations and toll plazas would administer the vaccine to the children. Whereas, mobile teams will visit door to door for this purpose. He further informed that during the current year so far 29 cases of polio have been surfaced out of which 13 in FATA, 7 each in Balochistan and Kyber Pakhtukhwa, while one each case has been reported in Sindh and Punjab province. The Dean of Childrens Hospital Prof Dr Tahir Masood and Medical Director Ahsan Wahid Rathore also addressed on this occasion.