1. Engaging Political Parties Religious Leaders and Tribal
Elders in Killa-Abdullah for High Risk Groups

2. Killa-Abdullah a glimpse
Killa Abdullah reported the
highest number of polio cases
in any district of Pakistan in
2011.
Child vaccinators- lead to
missed children
Following launch of National Emergency Action Plan COMNet structure was launched in
District reported highest
Killa-Abdulah including 2 DHCSOs, 8 UCOs and 48 Social Mobilizers in 10 HRUCs
number of OPV refusals in
any district of Balochistan–
more than 7000 (July 2011 PCM)
District reported highest
number of children missed
due to No Teams 78% (July 2011
PCM )

3. Killa-Abdullah tribal distribution
Killa-Abdullah predominantly is
inhibited by Pashtoon Achakzai
tribe
62% of the cases in the district were
from Achakzai sub tribes highest
number being Malazai sub tribe
Tribes from the Afghanistan reside
in the union councils bordering
southern Afghanistan
Malazai, Noorzai , Hassanzai

4. Killa-Abdullah political parties
Name of Polio Union
Parliamentarian cases councils
Zamarak Khan 3/22 8
Capt. Khaliq Achakzai 16/22 2
Haji M.Nawaz 3/22 3
Key political parties in Killa-Abdullah are :
• PashtoonKhaw Mili Awami Party
• Jamait -i-ulema-Islam (F)
• Jamait-i-Ulema-Islam(N)
• Awami National Party

5. Killa-Abdullah religious communities
Reasons of refusals -October 2010
(source refusal log book)
More than half of refusals in Killa- Religious(n) Misconception(n) Repeated campaign(n) Others(n)
Abdullah refused vaccination on
religious grounds.
10%
8%
More than 70 Madrissa‟s operate in Killa-
Abdullah which are popular across the
border. 13%
More than 7500 refusals were recorded in 69%
the August 2011 round

6. Focus of communication activities-
bring everyone together
Religious
Tribal Elders
Leaders
Political
parties

7. We started with…
Social Mapping and
Micro-planning of High
Risk Union Councils
Social profile-UC Roghani 2
Social Map- Union Council Boghra

8. Community Meetings with Tribal Elders
Meetings were conducted with tribal elders sensitizing them on the
recent outbreak in the district.
Following that the tribal elders –called Jirgha or Majlis in their Baitaks
where they invited members of their tribes who were sensitized on OPV
safety and efficacy and urged the community to support Polio campaigns
by providing eligible polio team members, addressing OPV refusal
families and provision of safe passage for the polio teams

9. Engaging religious leaders
Communication team engaged key religious leaders and leadership of religious
political parties as JUI as a result
• 8 District level “Religious Congregations” held in October and December
2011
• Follow up meetings conducted at Madrissa „s and local mosques.
• Major events included administration of polio drops by JUI (F) leader
Maulana fazal Ur Rehman and written endorsement by Maulana Abdul Ghani
who is influential across the borders.

10. Involving political parties for Polio
Eradication
Meetings were held with prominent political parties of the
district.
5 All parties conference was arranged at district level with
the support of deputy commissioner .Including JUI(F),JUI(N)
, ANP ,PKMAP and other politicians
Parties were urged to provide eligible team members, assist
the teams in addressing refusals and promote polio
campaigns

11. What did we achieve ?
Grand jirgah on Polio eradication which brought all the political
parties, community elders and religious leaders on one forum to eradicate
polio from the district
Polio walks representatives from all political parties, religious groups and
tribes participated in polio walks held before December 2011 ,January and
March 2012 campaign .
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Religious leaders and political parties were also actively engaged by public
display of support to PEI through inaugurations , mosque announcements
and addressing refusals

12. Cross-Border communications :Regular cross border meetings were conducted
between Killa-Abdullah and Boldak team with a particular focus on communications