T. P. Poonachi, Minister for Khadi and Village Industries handing over the 'End Polio Now' jacket to Rotary District Governor S. Gopal at the workshop on routine immunization programmes in Tiruchi on Saturday.
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Pulse Polio campaigns organised across the State by
involving service organisations, including the Rotary International, has
had a tremendous impact over the years with no polio cases reported
since 2004, Collector Jayashree Muralidharan said on Saturday.
The
immunisation campaigns had been successful in Tamil Nadu with
field-level workers conducting door-to-door checks and administering
polio drops to children aged less than five, the Collector said at a
workshop on Routine Immunisation Programme organised jointly by the
National Polio Plus Committee, Tamil Nadu Health Services, and Rotary
International District 3000 here.
The Health
Department had launched a vaccination drive covering migrant children so
that there were no polio cases, the Collector said. Tamil Nadu and
Kerala were in the forefront in public health care sector, she added.
Minister
for Khadi and Village Industries T.P. Poonachi said the State
government had been implementing various schemes in the health and other
sectors for the benefit of the people. Chief whip in the Legislative
Assembly R. Manoharan said public cooperation was a reason for the
success of the Pulse Polio campaign in the State.
Rotary
District Governor S. Gopal, District Pulse Polio committee chairman
A.P. Ramaraj, and National Pulse Polio Committee member Sambasiva Rao
Patibantla were present.
Source : The Hindu , 21st July 2013
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