Islamabad (Web Desk): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reiterated that the federal government along with all the provincial governments resolved to eliminate the menace of Polio forever and said that they were fully committed to control its spread through collective efforts.
Addressing a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio Eradication, the prime minister said that the polio eradication campaign in the country was progressing positively and they were close to eliminate polio but unfortunately, things turned negative as the virus returned back in certain parts of Pakistan, still it did not show that they had failed in their efforts.
Chairman Gates Foundation Bill Gates, ministers, senior officials and relevant authorities were present during the meeting.
The prime minister assured Bill Gates that the government was fully committed ‘to continue its efforts in our own interests to protect lives of our children and make them healthier.’
He said that during the last six months, they ran two nation-wide polio eradication campaigns successfully along with five others targeting the polio hit areas.
Speaking on the occasion, Bill Gates said the Foundation's program to end polio from Pakistan will continue for next two and a half to three years to ensure absolute zero polio case in the country.