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Govt committed to eradicate polio: Minister

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Dr. Richard Franka, representative of the Global Immunisation  Division of the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, led delegation that paid visit to Dr. Nadeem Jan, the Minister of  Health. They talked about areas of common interest for collaboration in the health sector during their encounter. The government’s determination to entirely eradicate polio from  Pakistan was underlined by Minister Nadeem Jan. Ms. Suzzane Powel from the US Embassy and Dr. Jude Tuma, the  acting country director of the CDC in Pakistan, were also part of the delegation. The federal secretary of health, Iftikhar Shalwani, and the strategic adviser for the IGH-CDC, Dr. Rana Muhammad Safdar, joined the minister. Dr. Nadeem expressed gratitude to the US CDC for their cooperation and support in the areas of vaccination, the elimination of polio, workforce development for public health, and the improvement of public health laboratories in Pakistan.

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