Crash measles vaccination drive to begin on Feb 1

Muhammad Amin Chaudhry presides over a meeting held to devise plan of action for preventing measles outbreak.

FAISALABAD:

The district administration has launched a four-day crash immunisation drive for children against measles and other epidemic diseases in the district from February 1, District Coordination Officer Muhammad Amin Chaudhry said on Tuesday.

He was presiding over a meeting held to devise a plan of action for preventing a measles outbreak.

The meeting decided that the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) would be implemented in letter and spirit for 100 per cent results.

Chaudhry said that officers from several government departments were being assigned duties to supervise the EPI programme in various union council of the district. These included doctors, staff of the basic health units, secretaries of the union councils, sanitary inspectors, lady health supervisors, medical technicians and lady health workers.

He directed the officials to ensure that every child was vaccinated. He said record of birth registration at union council level and data of the anti-polio campaign should be consulted to reach the children. He also directed the officials to create awareness among parents through advertisements in the media, announcements in the area, display of educational banners and distribution of pamphlets.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 30^th, 2013.