District-wide ‘Mother and Child Health Week’ begins in Mirpur – AJK :

English , Kashmir - آزاد جموں کشمیر , Snippets , / Monday, November 4th, 2024

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Altaf Hamid Rao.
15,826 under-5 children targeted to be dewormed besides vaccination:

MIRPUR ( AJK): Nov. 04: District-wide ‘Mother and Child Health Week’ commenced from Monday November 4 across this lake-side district of AJK.

The City Mayor Usman Khalid inaugurated the campaign.

District Health Officer Dr. Fida Hussain Raja, Medical Superintendent Mirpur DHQ Hospital Dr. Amir Aziz, officers and employees of the State Health Department graced the occasion attending the inaugural ceremony.

District Health Officer Dr. Fida Hussain, while unveiling salient features of tge ‘Mother and Child Week’, said that the state health department teams of paramedics will administer immunization to children and pregnant women and deworming pills to children under five years of age during the week long campaign.

During the campaign, children will be vaccinated, 15,826 children will be dewormed, and pregnant women will be vaccinated.

Additionally, 591 awareness sessions will be organized in the community and schools to educate the public on the importance of immunization, nutrition, hygiene, prevention of pneumonia and diarrhoea, and other medical issues, said Dr. Fida Hussain Raja.

He said thar a monitoring desk has been set up in the District Health Office to monitor the campaign, which will monitor the performance of the teams on a daily basis and redress any complaints or problems in a timely manner.

The DHO appealed to the public to actively participate in this campaign for mother and child health ensuring their due cooperation.