As many as 1,13,880 children aged up to five will be administered polio drops under the Polio eradication programme to be held in the Nainital district on September 21.
The Polio eradication programme in which polio drops will be administered to children at different polio booths on September 21 will be followed by a door-to-door polio eradication campaign for a week, said the officials concerned of the Nainital district administration. The district administration Nainital has decided to deploy a team of 1,244 health personnel to administer polio drops to the children under this programme.
At the same time, to ensure proper execution of polio eradication campaign, as many as 622 polio booths have been set up at different locations across the district, informed the officials concerned. Besides, 72 mobile teams have also been constituted to ensure that every child falling within the age group receives the polio drops under the polio eradication programme, said the officials.
More so, 497 Aasha health workers and 375 Aaganbari personnel have also been deployed to ensure successful completion of the programme, they added. The district administration Nainital has also stressed on the need to give wide publicity to the programme. It has also asked the district Health Department to train Asha health workers and Aaganbari personnel before the polio eradication programme commences.
Apart from administering polio drops at different polio booths, the health officials associated with the polio eradication campaign will also administer polio drops to children accompanying their parents at the bus stops and railway stations, said the officials.