Two-phase drive achieves highest immunization rates in districts
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 23
Around 90 per cent of the population in Bara and Parsa districts has received anti-cholera vaccination, marking the highest coverage achieved in the immunization campaign, according to the Department of Health Services.
The two-phase drive vaccinated 88.25 per cent of the population in Bara (322,926 people) and 90 per cent in Parsa (589,354 people). The campaign targeted residents above one year of age, running from October 12-19 in Bara and October 30-November 13 in Parsa.
Dr Abhiyan Gautam, head of the Family Welfare Division at the Department of Health Services, said the coverage surpassed previous efforts, where immunization rates typically ranged between 70 and 80 per cent.
The remaining 10 per cent of the population who missed the vaccination drive received anti-cholera vaccines through the regular immunization programme.
The Department of Health Services launched the immunization drive across six local levels in Bara and 14 local levels in Parsa following a cholera outbreak in both districts in late August.
(With inputs from RSS)
