MANSEHRA: The Health authorities have vowed to address over 2,000 refusal cases in Hazara division during a four-day special anti-polio drive launched in eight districts of the division on Monday.The refusal cases include 650 from Mansehra alone, District Health Officer Dr Shahzad Ali Khan told reporters after Deputy Commissioner Aurangzeb Haider launched the special anti-polio drive by administering drops to children. Dr Shahzad said during the previous five-day special anti-polio drive launched in Hazara division nine positive cases of the crippling disease were reported in Torghar and over 2000 silent refusals cases were traced in the division. "The health teams would first cover refusal cases reported during the last drive, besides reaching out to the targeted children in the division," he explained.Dr Shahzad said that there were over 1,40,000 silent refusal cases around the country, which were being addressed through such special campaigns. The DHO said during the ongoing four-day campaign from December 2 to 6, as many as 2,99,265 children would be administered drops in the Mansehra district alone. "We have constituted a total of 1080 fixed, mobile and transit teams with the human resource of over 2,700 people," Dr Shahzad said.
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