Chandigarh, 1st April, 2017: National Immunization
Day (NID) Pulse Polio Campaign April round is scheduled from 2nd to 4th
April 2017. 460 booths are set up to cover children in the age group of 0-5
Years. The children, who are left on day 1 i.e. on 2nd April in 2017,
will be covered by House to House Activities on 2nd & 3rd Day.
According to Dr.
Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health Services, U.T Chandigarh, a total of 929 teams
comprising of more than 2,000 volunteers from NSS, Health department, Police
department, department of Social Welfare along with Transport department are
working tirelessly to make this campaign successful. Advertisement in the leading
newspapers, Radio Jingles & appeal to the general public on air including
SMS alerts are being used to create Mass Awareness among the parents of the
children in this age group.
Sh. Anurag Agarwal
IAS, Home Secretary-cum-Health Secretary U.T, Chandigarh appealed to all
the citizens of Chandigarh to mobilize their children in the age group of 0-5
Years to their nearest polio booth for Oral Polio Vaccine.
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