An awareness walk was being arranged from DG Health Services Office to Punjab Assembly in order to observe World Polio Day. Minister Health Dr. Yasmeen Rashid led the walk. Deputy Commissioner Lahore Danish Afzaal, Director General Health Services Dr. Haroon Jehangir, Chief Executive Health Lahore Dr. Shoaib-ur-Rehman Gurmani, Project Director Dr. Shahnaz, Dr. Yadullah, Dr. Khalid Mehmood, Dr. Aqeel, other officers as well as employees of Health Department participated in the walk.
Dr. Yasmeen Rashid while addressing the participants said that the basic purpose of this walk is to educate general public regarding polio. Pakistan will be made a polio free country. She further stated that administering timely vaccine is the only way to protect our future generation from this disease. Anti-polio campaign is being carried out successfully throughout the province with the collaboration of WHO. A Comprehensive anti-polio campaign has already been launched across the province to eradicate polio, according to the vision of Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan. She said that administering polio vaccine under EPI Programme at least three to four times to children of five months old is utmost necessary. Polio teams besides creating awareness among masses went door to door for administering polio vaccine to the children less than age of five years. Yasmeen Rashid also appreciated DG Health Services Dr. Haroon Jehangir and his team for holding such successful awareness walks on important world polio day.