ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme on Saturday launched its One Vision Initiative at Fatima Jinnah Park.

The One Vision Initiative is aimed at raising awareness about polio eradication in Pakistan. As part of the initiative, citizens of Islamabad were invited to get free stickers that read: ‘I am Eradicating Polio’ pasted on their vehicles.

The event drew thousands of citizens from cross the city, helping to raise awareness about Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio and the dangers and risks of the virus. Many citizens showed support to the cause by pasting the stickers to their cars and posting in support of the programme on social media.

Vocalist Faakhir Mehmood attended the event and expressed his solidarity with the programme.

Speaking at the event, he emphasised the importance of eradicating polio as a matter of national urgency and called upon on the citizens of Pakistan to come together to end the threat of the polio virus to Pakistan’s children.

Focal Person on Polio Eradication Babar Bin Atta also spoke at the event.

“Polio eradication is of utmost importance for the health and wellbeing of our nation’s children, and it is our collective responsibility to ensure that this is done,” he said.

Mr Atta said that such advocacy and awareness efforts are being planned in different parts of the country, especially where refusals and resistance to the polio vaccine are predominant.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2019