Primary and Secondary Healthcare Secretary Ali Jan Khan on Sunday directed the executive district officers (EDOs) to improve monitoring and surveillance in polio eradication and Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Punjab.
Chairing the monthly meeting of EDOs, he said that in view of the coming Eid, the EDOs must enhance coordination with the livestock department and implement the agreed SOPs for Congo virus surveillance. He also directed that dengue positive cases with exposure history with animals must be screened for Congo virus as well.
Alongside the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Secretary, Punjab Health Services Director General Dr Mukhtar Hussain Syed, programme managers, …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
