Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Sindh Coordinator Fayyaz Hussain Abbasi and Pakistan Polio Plus Committee Rotary International Chairman Aziz Memon along with the delegation of Rotary International inaugurated newly-constructed shelter at the Permanent Transit Point (PTP) for polio workers with the support of Rotary International at Motorway-9 near Toll Plaza Karachi,Nelson Paints Pakistan also supported in this regard.
It should be noted that very concrete measures are being taken to eradicate polio epidemic from Pakistan, especially in Sindh and Karachi, as talking on this occasion, Fayyaz Hussain Abbasi, EOC Sindh Coordinator, said that there has been no case of polio in Sindh for the past two years and not any environmental sample has been found positive for the past several months, which is evident that Sindh, especially Karachi, is working very hard with regard to polio eradication.
Fayaz Abbasi said the credit of all this success goes to the frontline polio workers, who went from house to house and fought against all kinds of challenges, putting their lives at stake to secure the future of the nation’s children. Abbasi further expressed special gratitude to the Sindh government, especially Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Pechuho, under whose leadership he and his team are achieving considerable success in the fight against polio.
Members of the EOC Core Team, UNICEF Polio Sindh Chief Dr. Shaukat Ali Chandio, WHO Polio Sindh Chief Dr. Asif Ali Zardari, and BMGF Technical focal person Dr. Ahmed Ali Shaikh, UNICEF Polio Sindh Deputy Chief Dr. Azeem Rahi, and others were also present on the occasion.