Poonch admin finalises action plan for Intensive vaccination

POONCH, July 13: To strengthen the routine vaccination process and expand immunization to cover all children in District Poonch, the District Task Force on Intensive Mission Indradhanush (IMI) Programme  finalized the action plan at its meeting  chaired by Deputy Commissioner, Yasin M. Choudhary held here in the Conference Hall of DC Office Complex.

Among others the meeting was attended by Programme Officer, ICDS, Khalid Hussain Wafa, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Anees Altaf Nabi, Chief Education Officer, Bishamber Dass, ARTO, Basharat Mehmood, Medical Superintendent District Hospital, Dr. Zulafkar Ahmed, District Immunisation Officer, BMO Mandi/Surankote/Mendhar, CEO MCP, Mohammad Hanief and other concerned.

 At the outset, the Health Department team gave a detailed power-point presentation on the preparations, plans and objectives of IMI 5.0. The presentation emphasized on selecting the right beneficiaries, areas, dropouts and missed out children under the immunization process, besides highlighting different basic parameters to be considered while conducting IMI 5.0.

The meeting was informed that first round of immunization under Mission Indradhanush will commence from August 07, 2023 and continue till August 12, 2023 followed by the second round from September 11 to September 16, 2023 and third round from October 09 to October 14, 2023 to cover children aged 0 to 2 years and expecting mothers for immunization particularly covering high risks areas where nomads, and people living in slums will be taken care.

Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed the officers and other stakeholders to work in synergy to ensure coverage of all drop outs under the Mission is achieved in a time bound manner. He asked the Programme Officer, ICDS to maintain close liaison with the Health Department and mobilise grassroots functionaries including Aganwadi workers for the effective implementation of the Mission Indradhanush.

During the meeting, the DC directed the stakeholder departments to conduct surveys to Identify and enlist beneficiaries so that left out children are registered for vaccination on U-Win (win over vaccination), the platform to be used to register and vaccinate every pregnant woman and register her delivery outcome and required immunizations.

The DC also stressed on vigorous IEC campaigns and effective communication for mass mobilization at appropriate platforms for successful implementation of Mission Indradhanush to achieve the set targets, besides ensuring actionable monitoring feedback at all levels specific to U-WIN and IMI 5.0.

Pertinent to mention that under Mission Indradhanush vaccination against life-threatening diseases (Measles Rubella, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Polio Virus, Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus, Pneumococcal diseases, Rotavirus, Haemophilus influenzae B Meningitis and Pneumonia) is to be provided.