<p>Peshawar: The first polio case of 2024 in the KPK Province in northwest Pakistan was detected in a 9-month-old girl on Friday, health authorities said.</p><p>Chief Minister KPK Ali Amin Gandapur has taken stern notice of the case, detected in Mohmand district bordering Afghanistan.</p><p>The CM has directed Secretary Health KPK to immediately suspend the health officer and polio coordinator of Mohmand district and determine the names of others responsible for running a "poor" anti-polio campaign in the region.</p><p>Eradication of polio from KPK was among the top priorities of the government.</p><p>Gandapur also announced free medical treatment of the affected child.</p>
<p>Peshawar: The first polio case of 2024 in the KPK Province in northwest Pakistan was detected in a 9-month-old girl on Friday, health authorities said.</p><p>Chief Minister KPK Ali Amin Gandapur has taken stern notice of the case, detected in Mohmand district bordering Afghanistan.</p><p>The CM has directed Secretary Health KPK to immediately suspend the health officer and polio coordinator of Mohmand district and determine the names of others responsible for running a "poor" anti-polio campaign in the region.</p><p>Eradication of polio from KPK was among the top priorities of the government.</p><p>Gandapur also announced free medical treatment of the affected child.</p>