The Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign under the universal immunisation programme supported by the WHO has so far reached 1.2 lakh students in the city.
As per the data of National Health Mission total 1, 21, 287 students have been vaccinated out of the 1,56, 818 target set which comes to 77.34 per cent. The NHM team will start a drive to touch the missed students. Children not going to school will be covered by a special drive at Anganwadi centres. There are 103 vaccinators. Children not administered the vaccine can avail this free of cost facility at all the Govt hospitals, UHCs, PHCs and private hospitals like SUM, KIMS, Hitech and Railway Hospital at Mancheswar. Nine month to 15 years is vulnerable, so the campaign is initiated, said Dr Sunil Dash of NHM. Drive which started on January 29 would continue till March 26, 2018.