For successful conduction of Pulse Polio eradication programe, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun, Dr BS Jangpangi chaired a meeting of the task force constituted for the purpose.
The six day polio eradication programme would start from September 21 in Dehradun district. Informing about the campaign Dr Jangpangi said that the polio drops would be given to children below five years of age on September 21 at the First day booths and thereafter for next five days the teams would reach out to every doorstep to administer the vaccine.
He said that Polio has been completely eradicated from India and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has
certified this.
The last polio case of the country was reported on January 13 2011 while the last case of Uttarakhand was reported on November 8, 2009. The Dehradun district reported its last case on September 25 2006 at Reetha Mandi area.
The CMO said that it is the matter grave concern that the neighbouring countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan are still not free from the
polio virus. He informed that an awareness campaign would be launched in the city for the success of the polio eradication drive. Dr Jangpangi asked the officials of UPCl to ensure that there is no power outage in the district during the programme.
The officials of health, power, transport and social welfare departments were
present in the meeting.