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‘Govt will take help from depts to meet 90% immunisation target’

Hindustan Times | By, Jaipur
Dec 11, 2017 09:14 PM IST

Health minister Kali Charan Saraf on Monday said the government will seek support from all concerned departments to achieve the target of 90% immunisation of children and pregnant women in Rajasthan by December 2018

Health minister Kali Charan Saraf on Monday said the government will seek support from all concerned departments to achieve the target of 90% immunisation of children and pregnant women in Rajasthan by December 2018.

Health minister Kali Charan Saraf at a meeting at the health directorate in Jaipur on Monday.(HT Photo)
Health minister Kali Charan Saraf at a meeting at the health directorate in Jaipur on Monday.(HT Photo)

Saraf said Prime Minister Narendra Modi under Mission Indradhanush (MI) has set a target of 90% immunisation of children and pregnant women in the country by December next year. “This target will be achieved in Rajasthan with the support of various departments such as woman and child development (WCD), panchayati raj and local bodies, along with NCC, NSS and Nehru Yuva Kendra,” he said.

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He was addressing a meeting at the health directorate in Jaipur for “successful” implementation of MI. The meeting was attended by WCD minister Anita Bhadel, Jaipur mayor Ashok Lahoti and Jaipur district collector Siddharth Mahajan among others.

According to the annual health survey 2012-13, the immunisation was 74.2% in Rajasthan. Since the launch of MI in December 2014, children up to two years and pregnant women have been vaccinated in four phases of immunisation in Rajasthan, Saraf said. The prime minister intensified MI on October 10, 2017, following which the vaccination is done for seven days a week, he said, adding that the vaccination will continue till January 2018.

Rajasthan’s 11 districts have been identified for the immunisation under MI. The districts are Alwar, Barmer, Bikaner, Dholpur, Jalore, Jodhpur, Karauli, Pali, Pratapgarh, Sawai Madhopur and Udaipur. Along with, urban areas of Jaipur district have also been included in the immunisation process. “The areas deprived of vaccination in these districts have been identified and vaccination is being done,” Saraf said.

WCD minister Bhadel said the department is extending active support to the immunisation mission. Considering the role of Asha Sahayoginis and Anganwari workers in MI, Asha Sahayoginies from nearby areas will be employed at vacant posts in the identified districts.

Jaipur mayor Lahoti said that Jaipur Municipal Corporation councillors and local development committee members will be involved in the immunisation process. “Councilors will contact parents in their areas who are not getting their children vaccinated and will aware them about the importance of vaccination and will make efforts to get their children vaccinated,” he said

Principal secretary, health, Veenu Gupta directed officials to take help of panchayati raj, WCD and health department personnel at local level. “Strict action will be taken against personnel found careless towards this campaign,” she warned.

National Health Mission chief Naveen Jain, WCD secretary Roli Singh, reproductive and child health director Dr SM Mittal, project director (immunisation) Dr SK Garg and representatives of other organisations were present.

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