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Imkong Imchen administering a vaccine dose to a child after launching the IMI at the Urban PHC at Seikhazou in Kohima on Monday.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, Oct. 9 (EMN): The immunisation programme Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) for Nagaland state was formally launched by Imkong Imchen, minister for Health and Family Welfare at the Urban PHC at Seikhazou in Kohima on Monday.
During the program, the minister said that the IMI was initiated by the central government with the objective to safeguarding and preventing preventable diseases at an early age through immunization.
Imchen emphasized on the media houses in the role of sensitising, and spreading awareness in both the urban and rural areas. Immunization is the most effective and cheapest means of treatment. The cost of treatment becomes expensive after a person had already been affected due to non-immunization at the young age, said Imchen.
The politician also appreciated the health and family welfare dept. for their efforts to immunize all the children in the state. He mentioned that the health mission was launched nationwide on October 8. However, being a Sunday, and Nagaland being a Christian state, it was decided to launch it on Monday.
Menukhol John, Health & Family Welfare principal secretary informed that at the district level, the officer-in-charge in the rank of joint director will be personally monitoring the activities of the programme.
Tuensang
Tuensang district launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush on Oct. 9. The programme was launched at the Urban Health Centre by the deputy commissioner of Tuensang Jamithung Lotha. He launched the programme by administering the first drops polio, the chief medical officer of Tuensang informed in a press release on Monday. All the eight blocks and 56 health units will work to achieve 90 percent of immunisation coverage by December 2018, it added.
