ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Health Aamer Mehmood Kiani has highlighted the need of compliance by private schools to the National Measles Campaign to ensure optimum coverage.
While talking to the media on a monitoring visit at health centers in the outskirts of Islamabad on Tuesday, the minister expressed his concern over delays in granting permission by the private school authorities for measles vaccination while underlining the requisite of coordination of all departments to run successful measles campaign.
The health minister further highlighted the magnitude of the two-week long campaign targeting approximately 32.5 million children between ages of nine months to five years. He further commended the government lead efforts where more than 50 percent of the target has already been achieved by the frontline workers.
The minister further reiterated the commitment of the federal government to upgrade health sector of the Country.
“In line with the vision of the Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan, our prime goal is to strengthen health and education to enhance human development index of the Country,” he said
Aamer Mehmood Kiani also stressed upon the revamping of overall health sector in a bid to accelerate its service delivery.
Following the field visit, the minister visited the National Measles Control Room to monitor real time coverage of the Measles Campaign.
