Nagaur News Desk: A special pulse polio campaign was conducted on 8-10 December in some districts of the country including Nagaur. In Nagaur, a target was set to administer polio vaccine to 2 lakh 83 thousand 589 children aged between birth to 5 years. CMHO Dr. Jugal Kishore Saini said that in the 3-day campaign, polio medicines were administered to 2 lakh 73 thousand 441 children. Under this, on the first day, with the efforts of 5450 vaccinators, 228 supervisors, 148 mobile teams and 148 transit teams, medicines were administered to 1 lakh 95 thousand 400 children at 1670 booths.
On December 9, the second day of the campaign, health workers went door to door and administered polio drops to underprivileged children. On the second day of the campaign, 44 thousand 703 children were given polio doses. On the second day, during the vaccination, medicine was given to the children especially in the nomadic community, slums and deprived areas. Top officials of the district visited rural areas and reviewed the polio campaign and appealed not to deprive children up to 5 years of polio medicines. Even on the last day of the Sub-National Immunization Pulse Polio Campaign-2024, health workers reached door-to-door and administered polio drops to 33 thousand 338 underprivileged children. On the third day in Nagaur city, the districts including Nehru Colony, Maharana Pratap Colony, Sansi Basti, Gachha Basti, Railway Station, Old Bus Stand and Roadways Bus Stand, Subhash Colony, area near Jain Dadabari, near Tagore School, etc. Health workers reached various places in India, identified the underprivileged children and administered polio drops to them. Health workers visited many schools in the district and administered polio drops to underprivileged children.
RRT Pallavi Rao of the World Health Organization said – In the same year 2024, many active polio cases have been reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In such a situation, the World Health Organization is very serious about making the entire world polio free. Since India shares a long border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, special caution is being taken in view of the various means of infection. Keeping some districts of Rajasthan in the category of Sub-National Vaccination Pulse Polio Campaign, special monitoring is being done at the ground level. So that the tag of polio free India can be maintained.
