40 lakh children covered under pulse polio campaign in Haryana

Chandigarh, May 23 (UNI) More than 40 lakh children below the age of five years were covered in Haryana under the three-day pulse polio campaign which concluded last evening.

While stating this today, State Health Minister Kartar Devi said that district Mewat had recorded a commendable booth coverage of 77.44 per cent on first day of the campaign.

With a view to ensure quality immunization coverage, 15,630 booths were set up in the state which were manned by about 62,500 trained health officials, volunteers, Anganwadi Workers and Accredited Social Health Activists, she said.

Apart from nodal officers from the State headquarters and independent monitors of Pt B D Sharma Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, about 3,100 officials supervised the campaign.

Before launching this campaign, she said, an awareness campaign was also launched through print and electronic media and other means of communication.

Special attention was paid to those residing in slums, far-flung areas, isolated hutments, brick kilns and also the floating population, she said.

The successful implementation of pulse polio campaign has been possible due to the earnest efforts of the district administration and support of various departments of the Government, Ms Devi added.

UNI