In this December 28, 2010 photo, Pakistani boy Obaidullah Khan, 3, who suffers from polio uses his tricycle to stand in an alley next to his house in Peshawar. Pakistan has the highest incidence of polio in the world and is the only country to record an increase in cases, according to the World Health Organisation. - AP Photo

KARACHI: The Expanded Program on Immunisation (EPI), Sindh has finalised all arrangements to vaccinate five million children against polio in 14 districts of the province from April 4-6.

EPI officials told APP on Saturday that the Sub National Immunisation Days will focus on covering all children under the age of five years. The districts in this anti-polio campaign include Karachi, Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki and Kashmore.

All needed logistics have been arranged to ensure maximum coverage, said the officials. They further added that EPI would be supported by personnel from health and education departments besides volunteers to ensure that children pertaining to the targeted groups are not missed out.