Vaccination drive in place in Sudurpaschim state
A campaign has been put in place to immunize around 24,550 local children from nine months to five years against measles and rubella. The campaign would last on coming 12 April, shared the District Public Health Office.
Office in-charge Ramesh Malasi informed that immunization campaign would be conducted at Bogtan Fudsil, Jorayal, Badikedar and KI Singh rural municipalities in the first phase. It would be administered at Dipayal Silgadhi municipality, Shikhar rural municipality, Purbichauki, Adarsha and Sayal rural municipalities in the second phase, he informed.
Total 511 vaccination stations, 126 health workers and 1,022 volunteers would be mobilized during the drive. As many as 284,762 children would be administered vaccination in all nine districts of Sudurpaschim state.