Typhoid vaccination drive inaugurated in Naseerabad

QUETTA   -  Naseerabad Deputy Commissioner Ayesha Zehri inaugurated the ty­phoid vaccination campaign at Dis­trict Health Office (DHO) in Dera Murad Jamali area of Nasirabad district on Monday.

On this occasion, Divisional Di­rector Dr Afzal Khan, Deputy Dis­trict Health Officer Dr Manzoor Ahmed Abro, MS Dr Ayaz Jamali, Dr Abdul Ghaffar Solangi, IO, WHO Dr Sher M Sanjrani along with UCMs and area In-charge were also present.

DHO Dr Abdul Manan Lakhti said that this campaign would continue from October 3 till 15 in which all children between 9 and 15 years of age would be vaccinated against typhoid, out of these children up to 5 years of age would be given typhoid vaccination as well as po­lio immunization saying that our health teams would go door to door during the drive. 

DC Ayesha Zahri said that the provision of basic health facilities to the people was our first prior­ity adding that the difficulties of the flood-affected people of Nas­eerabad were being reduced by ef­forts of provincial government and other organizations.

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