Pulse police drive to start from September 15

KANPUR: Week-long pulse polio drive will commence in the city from September 15 to 23. The state government is focusing on this drive as it might be the last polio drive of this year. Chief medical officer, Dr RP Yadav informed that the pulse polio drive will start in the third week of September. The vaccine administered to the kids will be BOPV vaccines.The CMO said teams would be prepared for a week-long rigorous work to cover each and every child under the age of five years in this drive.
As per the data provided by the heath authorities, the target for this pulse polio drive is to cover 6,66,746 kids under the age of five in the city. For this, the health department has constituted 27 different zones which will be headed by senior health department officials who will ensure proper work in their respective zones.
"On day one, around 2,144 pulse polio booths will be set up in the city. These booths will be set up at schools, hospitals, bus stands, railway station, and at all prominent crossings. The rest of the six days will be dedicated for door-to-door pulse polio administration in which 1,630 teams will take part," informed CMO, Dr RP Yadav.
The health authorities also constituted 96 transit teams and transit points to divide the workload properly. Some 65 mobile teams will also be deployed in the event to make it successful. There will be 564 booth vaccinators while 4,890 door-to-door vaccinators will take part in the drive. The authorities of district administration have made 23 deep freezers in the city where the pulse polio vaccines will be kept. The vaccines will be secured by 84 deep freezers.
The district health department ordered the workers of different teams to lay special emphasis to the areas where the performance of polio campaigns were recorded low in the previous pulse polio drives. The health department has also chalked out plans to organize symposiums and rallies to create awareness about polio among people.
"We will connect students, teachers, and NGOs in the campaign to create awareness in the masses. People of religious institutions can also play a vital role in creating awareness. Modes of traditional arts will be used to attract rural folks," said immunization officer, Dr Rajeev Yadav.
According to the heath department authorities, areas like Kalyanpur, Ghatampur and Billhore witnessed lowest turnout for polio administration in past several polio campaigns. The health teams failed to administer the vaccines at homes in the areas like Kakwan alsong with zone 15, 10, 9, 5, and 3.