Important Meeting on Polio Eradication Under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif “We must defeat the challenge of polio together,” says the Prime Minister. “God willing, Pakistan will soon become a polio-free country,” says the Prime Minister. “We will not rest until we have defeated polio once and for all,” says the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister commended the efforts of the government’s polio team in combating the disease. The Prime Minister instructed his National Health Coordinator Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Bhirth, Polio Focal Person Ayesha Raza Farooq, and the Secretary of National Health to visit the most affected areas during the recent anti-polio campaign. The Prime Minister directed that a third-party audit of the anti-polio campaign be conducted. The Prime Minister instructed the formulation of a comprehensive strategy regarding the immunity gap. The Prime Minister received a briefing on recent polio cases and the anti-polio campaign. Currently, there are 41 active polio cases in the country, according to the briefing. Out of these cases, 25 are from areas where routine immunization is inadequate, according to the briefing. In areas where vaccination rates among children are better, the spread of polio is lower, as per the briefing. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister’s National Health Coordinator Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Bhirth, Polio Focal Person Ayesha Raza Farooq, and relevant senior government officials.