As a Sehat Muhafiz in Muzafargarh, my priority during the polio campaign is to reach the health centre early on time. Once there, I mark my attendance and attend the early morning planning meeting. Then I set out to the field with my vaccine box, area map, tally sheets and awareness raising material.
What helps me succeed in my mission is that I am part of the community I serve. We know each other, share our woes and happy moments and our lives are alike. I speak their language and they understand my message.
My job is to look for every unvaccinated children in that community even while they are on the move. If I, and every other vaccinator in the country, continue to undertake our responsibilities this way, the distance to reaching the goal of zero polio cases would be much shorter.
Polio eradication is all about the wellbeing of children; not just mine, not just yours, but all our children.