Asifabad: Mission Indradanush from December 2

Asifabad: Mission Indradanush from December 2
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Comprehensive vaccination will be given to the children from December 2 under Mission Indradhanush, District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) Komaram Balu stated at a meeting on Mission Indradhanush at his office here on Thursday.

Asifabad: Comprehensive vaccination will be given to the children from December 2 under Mission Indradhanush, District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) Komaram Balu stated at a meeting on Mission Indradhanush at his office here on Thursday.

The DMHO told the staff to administer 100 percent vaccines to the children aged below two years and pregnant women and the immunisation programme will continue till March 2020 in selected districts in the State under Central Heath, Family Welfare Department. According to the national family health survey 4, till 2016 in Telangana only 68 percent vaccination was only implemented and with Mission Indradhanush, 100% vaccination will be done, he added.

DMHO Balu told the Asha workers to visit every house to identify children and pregnant women to administer the vaccine.

World Health Organisation representative Dr Atul, district vaccination officer D Krishnaprasad, Deputy DMHO Sudhakar Naik, Vijaya Laxmi, HEO Ijak, Krishna and others were present.

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