Typhoid vaccine drive next month

Official instructed district administration officers to support the health dept to make campaign successful

ABBOTABAD:

Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Tariq Salam Marwat Wednesday said that the citizens should be vaccinated to prevent typhoid and ensure cooperation with the Health Department and District Administration Abbottabad.

He expressed these views while chairing a meeting regarding the typhoid vaccination drive on Wednesday.

Health department officials informed the meeting that the vaccination campaign was launched to prevent masses from typhoid.

The drive will start in seven urban union councils from October 3 to 15, including Nawan Shahr, Cantt, Malikpora, Central Urban, Havelian Cantt, Kaihal Urban and Havelian Urban Union Council, where six months to 15 years of age children would be immunised. They further said that vaccine supply would be ensured at 78 EPI centres of the district Abbottabad, and 106 teams will be formed to vaccinate 320 and 238 children of Urban Union Councils.

The official instructed the district administration officers to support the health department to make the campaign successful.

He also directed the health department to conduct the campaign with enthusiasm and organise awareness programmes and seminars on social and print media to provide awareness to the people.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2022.