Anti polio campaign in Khyber agency postponed due to security concerns

KHYBER AGENCY- Anti Polio campaign scheduled to start from Monday, March 17,2014 in Khyber Agency has been postponed in the wake of security concerns.

Health department sources have said that security concerns have once again surfaced up alarmingly in the aftermath of the latest terror attacks in Peshawar and Quetta and anti polio campaign starting from March 17,2014 has been postponed for fear of possible attacks on polio teams and security problems, media reports say.

The postponement of the campaign will leave 127000 children without being administered polio drops.

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