Kohima, Jun 28: The Nagaland government on Sunday launched a statewide health drive, aiming to administer the oral polio vaccine to over one lakh children under the age of five years, officials said.
Launching the campaign at Seikhazou Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) in Kohima, State Immunisation Officer Imkongtemsu Longchar said “Nagaland’s last polio case was detected in 1997, while India has remained polio-free since 2014 due to such sustained drives”.
It aims to vaccinate 1,43,530 children below five years of age across the northeastern state. More than 2,400 polio booths were set up in Nagaland on Sunday, Longchar said.
“The oral polio vaccine is safe, free and highly effective. Timely immunisation protects children from several vaccine-preventable diseases,” he said.
Following the booth campaign, health workers will conduct house-to-house visits from Monday to vaccinate children who missed the dose on Sunday, another official said. (PTI)
