In view of polio eradication programme, all schools and Anganwadi centres will remain open in Udham Singh Nagar on Sunday, November 24. The Udham Singh Nagar district administration is going to launch polio eradication drive in the district for a week from November 24.
As many as 277994 children aged between 0 and five year will be administered polio drops during this weeklong polio eradication campaign which will continue in Udham Singh Nagar till November 30.With a view to ensure successful completion of this eradication campaign as many as 1,266 polio booths have been set up across the district, informed the officials concerned of the
Udham Singh Nagar district administration. Besides, as many as 2781 vaccinators, 1,208 ‘Aasha’ health workers and 285 health officials drawn from different hospitals have also been deployed to cover all the children aged upto 5 years under this polio eradication programme, further informed the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar district administration.
The health officials concerned informed that the polio eradication campaign is at a decisive stage in the Udham Singh Nagar district as no case o of polio has so far been detected in the Udham Singh Nagar district since 2009. Therefore, there should not be laxity in conducting this health programme ahead also, the officials concerned of the district administration, Udham Singh Nagar, asked the health staff engaged in this proposed polio drive. In the meanwhile,
Brijesh Kumar Sant, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, has asked the officials concerned engaged in this polio eradication campaign to take necessary measures to ensure successful completion of this health programmes in advance with special focus on remote areas. Since it is an important health programme, therefore all the officials concerned are supposed to take this polio eradication campaign seriously, he added.