Publish Date: | Sun, 06 Mar 2022 12:53 AM (IST)
Bemetara. The child protection month program was launched on Friday by Collector Vilas Bhoskar Sandipan by giving a dose of Vitamin A syrup to Baby Laxmi in Vidyanagar, Ward 2 of Bemetara. After him the Chief Medical and Health Officer and District Immunization Officer administered the dose to the children present. The Collector appealed to the common people to take advantage of all the health services provided by the Health Department during the month of child protection by following physical distance. The Chief Medical and Health Officer said that the child protection month will run from March 4 to April 8. In this, 75,359 children in the age group of six months to five years would be given iron syrup and 69,643 children between nine months and five years would be given vitamin A syrup.
During the campaign, activities of national health programs related to promotion of child health will be successfully conducted. After identifying severely malnourished children, they will be admitted to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center, District Hospital, Bemetara. Along with this, screening of pregnant mothers and vaccination of children will be done regularly. During the child protection month program, all health services will be provided free of cost by the health workers.
Corona rules have to be followed
During the COVID-19 epidemic, the Child Protection Month campaign will be organized following the rules of covid prevention behavior. Chief Medical and Health Officer and District Immunization Officer informed about the guidelines for organizing Child Protection Month during the COVID-19 epidemic, while making them aware separately. During the session organized in the child protection month, health workers are being planned to follow the general guidelines of the COVID-19 epidemic like physical distancing, handwash, and respiratory hygiene) and organize vaccination sessions carefully. Maximum 10 to 15 beneficiaries will be present in the vaccination session. Beneficiaries will be called at different time slots during the child protection month, each time slot will be of one hour and maximum 10 beneficiaries will be involved in one slot, creating a distance of at least one meter between the present beneficiaries (social Distancing) will be taken care of.
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