8 April, 2012, Times of India
BHOPAL: With a message to 'Be wise Immunise', intensification of routine immunisation (IRI) programme is set to begin across 38 districts of Madhya Pradesh. Antigen-wise the state falls well below the national average in immunisation with just 42.9% according to state-level coverage survey carried out in 2009. India has declared 2012 as the year of IRI.
District Mother and Child Health (MCH) officials from all 50 districts are participating in two-day orientation programme ahead of IRI launch in the state capital. The Union government, based on District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS - III), has identified 38 districts in the state with less that 50% immunisation. The programme is supported by the WHO and the UNICEF improving immunisation levels in SEAR countries in south-east Asia.
District Mother and Child Health (MCH) officials from all 50 districts are participating in two-day orientation programme ahead of IRI launch in the state capital. The Union government, based on District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS - III), has identified 38 districts in the state with less that 50% immunisation. The programme is supported by the WHO and the UNICEF improving immunisation levels in SEAR countries in south-east Asia.
"We are targeting to achieve 75% immunisation through the intensification programme," said State immunisation officer Dr B S Ohri. Immunisation is done for seven vaccines and diseases which include diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) along with polio, measles, hepatitis-B and BCG.
Universal immunisation programme (UIP) has been expanded with second dose of measles,hepatitis B and the five -in-one pentavalent vaccination.
A strategic document for IRI in Madhya Pradesh is being prepared which would be revealed on Friday. The document calls for renewed political and bureaucratic ownership for a programme which has a bearing on key health indicators. On the demand side, the document calls for improved monitoring tools with routine mobilisation drives.
Once implemented, the IRI would evolve a mechanism to bridge gaps in a service delivery by categorising villages by immunisation levels. More resources would be polled and in the last week of every month an immunisation drive would be carried out for seven days in the areas low on immunisation.
Universal immunisation programme (UIP) has been expanded with second dose of measles,hepatitis B and the five -in-one pentavalent vaccination.
A strategic document for IRI in Madhya Pradesh is being prepared which would be revealed on Friday. The document calls for renewed political and bureaucratic ownership for a programme which has a bearing on key health indicators. On the demand side, the document calls for improved monitoring tools with routine mobilisation drives.
Once implemented, the IRI would evolve a mechanism to bridge gaps in a service delivery by categorising villages by immunisation levels. More resources would be polled and in the last week of every month an immunisation drive would be carried out for seven days in the areas low on immunisation.
"IRI should reduce disease, disability and death," said Dr Ohri hinting at a communication strategy like pulse polio programme was needed to further strengthen IRI.
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