As many as 1,36,549 children aged up to five years will be administered polio drops under the polio eradication campaign to be launched in Nainital district on January 18.In order to ensure proper execution of this week-long polio eradication campaign, as many as 910 polio booths have been set up at different locations across the district, informed the officials concerned of the Nainital district administration.
The polio eradication programme in which polio drops will be administered to children at different polio booths on January 18 will be followed by a door-to-door polio eradication campaign till January 24, further said officials concerned of the Nainital district administration.At the same time, many teams of health personnel have also been constituted to carry out the door–to–door polio eradication campaign across the district.
The district administration, Nainital, has also asked the officials concerned to take necessary steps on time so that the polio eradication programme could be conducted in a smooth manner.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 supposed to take it seriously, further said the district administration.In order to increase booth coverage, the Nainital district administration has also asked the officials concerned to give wide publicity to the polio eradication programme to be held from January 18.It has also stressed on the need to give proper training to the health personnel, including Aasha health workers, to make the polio eradication programme, a success.