16-year-old Haryana shooter, Manu Bhaker, who won India’s first gold in shooting at Commonwealth Games 2018, has been made brand ambassador for Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign starting from April 25 in the State.
Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Monday directed to make Indian Shooter, Manu Bhaker, the brand ambassador of MR campaign.
The directions were given during the State level Steering Committee for Measles Rubella Campaign held under the chairmanship of DS Dhesi here.
Haryana’s Jhajjar girl, Manu Bhaker, had won India’s first gold in shooting with a new Commonwealth Games record score of 240.9 in the women’s 10 M air pistol event at Belmont Shooting Ranges in Brisbane, Australia. Bhaker, who won gold in the same event in last month’s ISSF World Cup in Mexico, edged out former world number one shooter Heena Sidhu in the final in Brisbane.
Notably, the Haryana Government would launch Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign on April 25 in the State. Under this campaign, vaccination of about 85 lakh children from nine months to 15 years of age would be carried out in Haryana.
The campaign to be launched by Chief Minister Manohar lal would continue for 5-6 weeks.
During the meeting, it was informed that at district level, the campaign would be launched by Ministers, Members of Parliament and MlAs. Under this campaign, immunization would be carried out in 22,626 Government and private schools, 25,771 Anganwadi centres, construction sites, brick kilns, poultry farms, other high risk zones and urban areas.
In districts, supervisory duty of the campaign has been assigned to medical officers, dental surgeons and AYUSH doctors.