BBMP says Polio drops given to 94% of children in city

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: On the occasion of the central government’s National Immunisation Day program, The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Sunday had organised city-wide Pulse polio campaigns.

Around 11 lakh children aged below five were targeted. It was revealed that 94.33 % percent of the targets were achieved.

Out of 11,13,617 estimated children, 10,50,348 of them had successfully equipped themselves with the polio drops. Zone wise, Dasarahalli has the highest administration with 97% of children being given the drops.

However, it needs to be noted that the target is only 44,600. The east zone of the BBMP, with 2,35,484 estimated children, administered 2,23,795 children with polio drops with 95 percent success rate.

It was reported that the state government, with one of its largest health outreach programs, targeted 62,85,880 children.

The department of Health and Family Welfare has reportedly set up 33,172 booths across the state for the same.

In addition, 963 mobile teams and 2,073 transit teams, will cover door to door administrations, especially in high risk areas and urban slums.