Pulse Polio Campaign

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Pulse Polio Campaign.

Chandigarh, 2nd April, 2017: Pulse Polio Campaign April round started with inauguration by Sh. Maheshinder Singh Sidhu, Advocate and Councillor, Sector 8, Chandigarh by immunizing the children with Oral Polio Drops at Polio Booth installed at Sukhna Lake, Sector 1, Chandigarh. Dr. Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health & Family Welfare, U.T Chandigarh along with Dr. Anu Chpra Dosajh, District Immunization Officer were present at the inaugural session. Dr. Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health & Family Welfare, U.T Chandigarh observed the activities at various booths installed in Chandigarh and guided the teams to conduct the activities more effectively.
The Day 1 of Pulse Polio Campaign was completely dedicated for booth activities and door to door activities will be done in next two days of the campaign. Children who are left on day one through Booth Activity will be covered by door to door activities on 2nd and 3rd day i.e. April 3 & 4, 2017.
A series of awareness generation activities through Advertisements in leading Hindi and English Newspapers, Radio Jingles on FM channels, AIR, Posters, Banners and announcement through FM channels are being conducted to cover maximum number of children for Polio Drops.
Department of Health, Police, Social Welfare, Transport and NCC Volunteers from different colleges of Chandigarh joined hands together in the mission to eradicate Polio from the society. Four Zonal teams headed by Dr. Vandana Gupta, Medical Superintendent, GMSH-16, Dr. G. Dewan, Deputy Medical Superintendent, GMSH-16, Dr. Brij, Senior Medical Officer, Police Hospital, Sector 26 & Dr. Vandana Janmeja S.M.O Police Hospital, Sector-26 are monitoring the polio related activities. Children are also getting immunized at all the prominent places and transit points like Bus Stands, Railway Station etc. Supervisors are having checklists to observe the activities at booths and all the reports from the field have been collected till the release of this press note. A total of 38466 children have been immunized with Oral Polio Drops during booth round of pulse polio activity today.