A district-level task force meeting was held on Monday at the Collectorate Conference Hall under the chairpersonship of Chief Development Officer (CDO) Varuna Agrawal to review preparations for the upcoming Sub-National Intensive Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign.
During the meeting, officials announced that the campaign will be conducted across the district on November 22, with a target of administering polio drops to 46,953 children aged between zero and five years.
To ensure the smooth implementation of the campaign, a total of 523 vaccination booths have been established, including 473 in the hilly areas and 50 in the Dhalwala region. A total of 105 supervisors and 1,992 personnel will be deployed at these booths.
Additionally, 946 teams have been constituted for door-to-door visits in the hilly areas, while 17 teams will cover the Dhalwala region to ensure that no child is left out of the immunisation drive.
Vaccination will be conducted at designated booths from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on November 22. Following the booth-based campaign, door-to-door visits will be carried out in the hilly areas on November 23 and 24, while the exercise in the Dhalwala region will continue until November 29 to cover children who miss the initial vaccination drive.
Addressing the meeting, CDO Varuna Agrawal directed the Health Department to complete all preparations well in advance. She emphasised that no child should be deprived of polio drops and instructed officials to ensure proper surveys of eligible children, adequate vaccine availability at all booths and effective maintenance of the cold chain system.
She also stressed the need to reach children living in remote and inaccessible areas, as well as those belonging to migrant families and labourers residing at construction sites.
Review of Healthcare Facilities Under NQAS
In the same meeting, the CDO also reviewed the facilities and arrangements available at healthcare centres under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS).
Discussions were held with medical officers and Health Department officials regarding deficiencies identified at various healthcare facilities in relation to prescribed quality standards. Measures to address these shortcomings were also discussed.
Agrawal directed officials to resolve the identified deficiencies on priority and ensure that healthcare centres are equipped with the necessary resources and facilities in accordance with established standards.
She emphasised that improving infrastructure, facilities and service delivery at healthcare centres is essential to ensuring better and quality healthcare services for patients.
The meeting was attended by Chief Medical Officer Dr Ram Prakash, ACMO-NHM Dr Nidhi Rawat, CMS Narendra Nagar Dr Amit Rai, DPRO M.M. Khan, DPO Sanjay Gaurav, along with several medical officers and officials from concerned departments.
