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Polio campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Mr Jahangir Tareen, Secretary general Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visited WHO Pakistan Country OfficeMr Jahangir Tareen, Secretary General Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visits the WHO Pakistan country office3 February 2014 – Mr Jahangir Tareen, Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visited the WHO Pakistan country office and met with Dr Ni’ma Abid, acting WHO Representative for Pakistan, Dr Elias Durry, Emergency Coordinator for Polio Eradication and Dr Zubair Mufti to discuss the Polio Eradication Initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The PTI leadership is very much motivated by the success of yesterday – a one-day campaign which involved vaccinating more than 360 000 children in 45 high risk union councils of Peshawar with no security incidences. Free health camps are ongoing.

The PTI leadership is determined to continue and expand to other large urban centres in central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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