JALANDHAR
The health department will start a special immunization drive under the Intensified Mission Indradhanush-5.0 from September 11 in the district to cover nearly 3000 children aged between 0-5 who have missed the vaccines.
In a meeting of the district task force, Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that the drive would be held in three rounds. He said that the first round of immunization would be held from September 11 to 15, followed by the second round from October 9 to 14, and the third phase would be from November 20 to 25 to cover 3000 children who were either left out or dropped out.
He said that the health teams had already identified the areas where these children live and special camps will be held there to cover all of them.
He said that the health department had already provided training to 272 ANMs and 1400 ASHA workers in this regard.
Sarangal ordered the officials of various departments including police, education, local bodies, rural development, and social security departments to provide wholehearted support to health teams during the camps.
He said that Mission Indradhanush 5.0 was a vaccination program, aimed to cover the left-out children. He said that every effort must be made to ensure that all these children are vaccinated.
Further under the intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0, the entire vaccination record will be digitalized through a portal named U-Win (win over vaccination).
Later, the Deputy Commissioner also chaired the meeting of the district de-addiction and rehabilitation society and reviewed the functioning of OOAT clinics, Shekhe rehab center, and de-addiction centres in Civil Hospital, and Nurmahal.
Prominent amongst those present on occasion included Civil Surgeon Dr. Raman Kumar Sharma, DMC Dr. Jyoti, DIO Dr. Rakesh Kumar, and others