CM launches pulse polio campaign; drops to be administered to 38 lakh children

 

 

 

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav said that awareness about pulse polio is the first step towards prevention. India is one of the polio-free countries, but to remain polio-free, one must use two drops of polio vaccine. Chief Minister Dr Yadav was addressing inauguration of State-level campaign of Pulse Polio at Samatva Bhawan located at Chief Minister’s residence on Sunday. Dr Yadav administered medicine to children below 5 years of age including twins Arnika and Anaya Rai, Kanishka, Niyati, Arth and Samarth. On the occasion, Minister of State for Public Health and Medical Education Narendra Shivaji Patel, Principal Secretary of Public Health Sandeep Yadav, representatives of WHO and dignitaries were present. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that a three-day pulse polio campaign will be organised from December 8 to December 10.

 

The target is to administer medicine to 38 lakh children during this period. He said that Pulse Polio campaign will prove to be fruitful only when no child is deprived of medicine. Mobile teams will accomplish their goal by going door-to-door and street-to-street to administer polio drops from the highest residential areas to brick kilns, crushers, construction sites, nomadic populations, and slums. He called upon the people to prove their alertness as parents and give free pulse polio vaccine to their children up to 5 years of age. “This campaign is being run in 16 districts of the State with a spirit of ‘Do boond har baar, Polio par Jeet barkarar’ two drops every time, victory over polio to continue. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that for continuous world-class development in health facilities, I thank Prime Minister Modi and Union Health Minister J P Nadda on behalf of people of the State,” CM Yadav emphasised. Chief Minister Dr Yadav said that polio is an incurable disease, which is the main cause of disability in children. To ensure double protection children need to be given ‘Do boond Zindagi