More than 18 Lakh childrens to be vaccinated against measles, rubella in HP
Shimla: Nearly 18.6 lakh children, up to the age of 15 years, would be vaccinated against Measles and Rubella (MR) under an immunisation programme to be launched by this month-end, an official said.
It will be the biggest ever health campaign in the hill state, wherein 2,760 teams will be pressed into service to achieve the target, Mission Director, State National Health Mission (NHM), Pankaj Rai said.
"The state had initiated preparations for this campaign from May and Himachal Pradesh was among the eight states where the programme will be launched in the second phase," he said at a media workshop here.
Rai said that state-level meetings and workshops had been conducted by NHM along with various stakeholders and partner agencies to make the campaign a success.
The key to achieving more than 95 percent coverage in the state will depend on the implementation school-based strategies and will cover more than 85 per cent of the total targeted children, he said.
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