Polio vaccination denied at Elite School

A leading and modern school, based in Islamabad, refused to give access to the polio team and endangered the lives of more than 1,000 school children. In this regard, a complaint was lodged to the Polio Control Cell, which is an initiative taken by SAMAA TV to cater any complaints regarding unavailability of the polio teams or requirement of information to the disease and other vaccinations.  Being the first media channel in Pakistan, SAMAA TV, in joint collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, carried out a landmark initiative to establish a polio control cell aimed at acting as Information Bridge between the people and the polio control authorities.

The Cell provided instant information on the initiative to callers in through out the country besides performing the vital task of identifying missed areas and children.