Jharkhand Government in association with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, UNICEF, and lions Club organised on Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign at DVC ME, school, St Paul Paul Modern school, Kendriya Vidhayalaya and DVC +2 high school on Tuesday.
On the occasion Amritansu of UNICEF said that the measles and rubella are viral infection which is highly communicable. The disease once contacted, cannot be cured and prevention is the only answer, he said and added that more than 40000 children aged less than 15 years have died due to the disease and in India, while 6591 cases were detected in 2017.Vaccination is now a must for all as Rubella leads to blindness, deafness and mental retardation and others, he asserted.
The UNISEF person said that the role of lions club to bring awareness is huge and vital and so the lions club of Bokaro Thermal organised. He urged for the participation of lions club of Bokaro thermal members in the campaign. He further said that when pregnant women contacts Rubella, they have high degree of suffering from attack which is Congenial Rubella Syndrome that will lead the child to be born disabled. It is prevalent more among children aged from 9 months to 15 years, it can cause many forms of heath complications, he further added.
While the zone chairperson UK Nair said that medical staff and other local parents and their childrens and school teachers were attended the function very seriously as the campaign was made by a joint effort of the Bermo health department, UNICEF and local lions club of Bokaro Thermal.