Islamabad, Feb 21 (TIWN) A five-day anti-polio campaign targeting over one million children began in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, an official said.

Abdul Basit, coordinator for polio eradication at the Emergency Operations Centre of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told local media that drops will be administered to more than one million children aged up to five to eradicate the crippling virus, reports Xinhua news agency.

Some 5,700 mobile teams sent by the health department will administer anti-polio drops to the children in six districts of the province, the official said, adding that anti-polio teams will also be deployed to railway stations, bus stops and other public places.