As many as 2,76,838 children aged between 0 to 5 years will be administered polio drops under the polio eradication campaign to be launched in Udham Singh Nagar district from November 16.
In order to ensure proper execution of this polio eradication campaign, as many as 1,272 polio booths, including 1,136 fixed polio booths, 86 transit polio booths and 50 mobile polio booths, have also been set up at different locations across the district, informed the officials concerned.
The polio eradication programme in which polio drops will be administered to the children at different polio booths on November 16 will be followed by a door-to-door polio eradication campaign till November 22, further said the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar district administration. As many as 752 teams of health personnel have also been constituted to carry out the door-to-door polio eradication campaign.
Reviewing the preparatory measures taken to ensure successful completion of the polio eradication programme, the district administration, Udham Singh Nagar, has asked the officials concerned to take necessary steps on time so that the polio eradication programme could be conducted in a smooth manner.
The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has also stressed on the need to keep special focus in slum and border areas so that all the children could be covered under this programme during the polio eradication campaign.
Apart from administering polio drops at different polio booths, the health officials associated with the polio eradication campaign have also been directed to administer polio drops to children at busy places like the bus stops and railway stations, said the officials concerned.
Since polio eradication campaign is a national programme, the officials associated with this campaign, are, therefore, supposed to take it seriously, further said the district administration Udham Singh Nagar.