A district-level orientation of block communication officers and managers for development of communication plan on the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI 5.0) was conducted on Wednesday.
The one-day orientation session was organised by Zilla Swasthya Samiti, Koraput with support from UNICEF, Odisha and was attended by 30 communication officers from different blocks of the district.
The objective of IMI 5.0 drive is to identify and register all the children under the age of five years and pregnant women who missed their vaccine doses. The orientation session aimed to develop a communication plan which will address the gap in immunization coverage in the district.
CDM & PHO, Koraput Dr Arun Kumar Padhi, ADPHO, (FW),
Koraput Dr Neelamadhav Sathpathy, DPM, NHM Koraput Subhakant Gantayat, ADPHLO Koraput Subha Narayan Nayak, SVLM Dr Anil Patnaik and C4D Consultant Chakradhar Sahu were present during the inaugural session.
The IMI 5.0 drive intends to vaccinate 1, 04,261 unvaccinated or partly vaccinated children and 19, 896 pregnant women in 314 blocks in 30 districts. The orientation session with communication officers will be followed by another session with folk artists on Thursday who will share the messages on IMI 5.0 through their performances.