Gandhinagar, June 26 (IANS). Under the National Pulse Polio Vaccination Campaign, polio drops will be administered to more than 1.58 lakh children in Gandhinagar district on June 28. Authorities have deployed thousands of health workers, hundreds of booths and special outreach teams to ensure complete coverage.
The aim of this campaign is to protect 1,58,721 children aged 0 to 5 years across the district by administering two drops of polio vaccine to them.
The initiative will be run through a wide network of 746 vaccination booths set up across Gandhinagar, allowing parents to bring their children for vaccination on the scheduled day.
103 mobile teams will be deployed in areas such as brick kilns, construction sites and other less-served locations to reach out to children in remote and high-traffic areas.
Additionally, five transit teams will be deployed at bus stands, railway stations and other public places to vaccinate children traveling or commuting.
A total of 3,167 health workers will be involved in the campaign to monitor and implement the vaccination, ensuring coordination between booths, mobile units and transit points.
Officials have also made a follow-up arrangement for those children who may miss vaccination on the main day of Pulse Polio.
On the second and third day of the campaign, 427 dedicated teams will conduct door-to-door surveys across the district to identify and vaccinate children who were left out of the booth-based program and ensure complete coverage.
The district administration and health department have urged parents to take all eligible children to the nearest polio booth on June 28 and get them vaccinated. This is in line with the national slogan ‘Do Boond Zindagi Ki’, which will support the efforts to maintain a polio-free country.
–IANS
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