District leadership key to purge polio: TAG

ISLAMABAD - International experts, invited to Pakistan by the Federal Health Ministry for technical review and guidance in the wake of number of polio cases reported in Sindh province, has stressed urgent measures and have held the district leadership as the key to give polio eradication drive a shot in the arm with a view to finally ridding the country of the disease that causes permanent irreversible disability among children.

The team of experts, called Technical Advisory Group (TAG) met in Karachi on Tuesday and Wednesday with Federal Health Secretary Khushnood Akhtar Lashari, Sindh Health Secretary Shafiq Khoso, Federal DG Health Dr Rashid Jooma, National Programme Manager of the anti-polio programme, Dr H.B Memon, Dr Mazhar Khameisani, Head of the Sindh polio programme alongside experts and representatives of health departments from provinces, World Health Organization and UNICEF.