Telangana steps up pulse polio drive: 16.35 lakh children covered on Day 1

Hyderabad District Collector Hari Chandana Dasari administered polio vaccine to kids, kicking off the heartbeat polio marketing campaign within the metropolis on Sunday at Housing Board Colony in Bagh Lingampally and the City Major Well being Centre (UPHC) in Tilak Nagar.

“Ample consciousness has been generated in and across the UPHC by our employees to encourage as many mother and father as attainable to convey their kids for vaccination,” stated Deepthi, Medical Officer on the UPHC.

The Union Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare has recognized 290 districts throughout India for this particular drive from October 12 to fifteen. In Telangana, the marketing campaign is being carried out throughout six districts: Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal Malkajgiri, Sangareddy, Hanamkonda and Warangal. The Well being division estimates that roughly 17.32 lakh kids below the age of 5 stay in these districts.

Of these, 16.35 lakh kids obtained the oral vaccine on the primary day, attaining a protection of 94.4%. The home-to-house Pulse Polio marketing campaign will proceed for the following two days to make sure that each baby is vaccinated, stated Sangeetha Satyanarayana, Commissioner of Well being and Household Welfare.

In Hyderabad district, the marketing campaign targets 5.17 lakh kids below the age of 5, masking 9.36 lakh households via 2,636 vaccination cubicles. Almost 10,635 personnel, together with medical doctors, nurses and ASHA staff, have been deployed to make sure easy execution of the drive. Moreover, 50 transit factors have been arrange at key areas comparable to Secunderabad, Nampally and Kacheguda railway stations, Ameerpet Metro station, and the MGBS and JBS bus stands. These centres will function around the clock until midnight of October 14.

“We have now recognized 164 high-risk areas throughout the district, together with development websites, city slums, underserved localities and nomadic settlements. Groups have been deployed to make sure each eligible baby is roofed,” stated Hyderabad District Medical and Well being Officer J. Venkati.

Telangana final reported a case in Nalgonda district in 2007, whereas Hyderabad’s final occasion dates again to 1998. Since 2016, town has transitioned from the trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) to the bivalent model (bOPV) and likewise launched the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), Ms. Hari Chandana stated.