3m Kids Inoculated During Vaccination Campaign In Pindi District

News Desk

Rawalpindi: As many as 3,384,572 children under two years of age are inoculated against the twelve lethal diseases so far included in the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI).

District Health Authority (DHA) Immunisation Drive In-Charge Chaudhary Muhammad Hussain informed on Sunday that the month-long EPI campaign is in full swing and was started in all tehsils and towns of Rawalpindi district on July 1.

EPI is a disease prevention programme to reduce illness, disability, and mortality rates.

The Punjab government is actively following the EPI to achieve the 100 percent results set for the health sector under the Millennium Development Goal, stated Hussain.

Under the ongoing vigorous drive, 426 outreach vaccinators and social mobilizers are participating in the drive to take preventive measures; and effectively fight chronic diseases like Polio, Measles, Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Hepatitis-B tuberculosis, and COVID-19.

During the campaign, different vaccinations were being administered to children under two years of age, besides those who missed them during the last two years, he mentioned.

Hussain added that the campaign would last through July 31, and he invited parents to participate by vaccinating their kids against the debilitating illnesses. A healthy child is crucial for a healthy society, and this idea needs to be spread throughout the entire district, he remarked.