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Strategies being devised to make vaccinations mandatory |
2019-05-06 |
[DAWN] On Thursday, the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) called the Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio, Babar Bin Atta, for a detailed briefing on the sharp rise in polio![]() vaccination refusals after the disinformation campaign in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ![]() The committee has sought the briefing as part of its effort to play a greater role in eradicating polio in the country. During it’s session earlier this week, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq ‐ the focal person on polio under the PML-N, noted that 10 polio cases have already been reported in country halfway through the year. It should be mandatory to vaccinate children at birth, she suggested, adding that a "polio card should be required for school admissions so people ensure their children are vaccinated". Senator Farooq added that she had moved The Compulsory Vaccination and Protection of Health Workers Bill 2019, which she had initiated in 2015 and had been passed unanimously in the Senate but lapsed in the National Assembly. The committee agreed that school admissions should be linked to completing necessary vaccinations, and the aforementioned bill will be approved at its next meeting after incorporating amendments from members or the government. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on NHS Dr Zafar Mirza also endorsed the bill, agreeing that stringent measures are needed to make vaccinations mandatory. An Afternoon with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement |
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