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You are aware that 5 to 10% population of the country is suffering from
one or the other types of disabilities. Out of them, loco motor disabiltiy
is commonest. Polio is still the commonest contributor amongst locomotor
disabled. With the recent effort to eradicate Polio through launched Pulse
Polio Program, a high hope has been generated amongst all of us to get
Polio free India in new millenium. Polio infection occurs in the early
childhood and the disability resulted thereof lasts for whole life. It
results socio-economic impacts on individual and the society as well.
The first Pulse Polio
Immunisation (PPI) program started which has ben going on, in the
country since 1995. The success of PPI in trems of coverage, reach,
quality & cooperation between the Govt., NGOs, private sectors and the
community has been found integrating. However, according to the opinion of
Health Ministry, Polio virus is still active albeit in small measure in
every state and substantially in the states of Rajasthan, M.P., U.P.,
Bihar, Assam, W.B., Orissa & Gujarat.
In view to eradicate the
Polio, PPI program was reviewed at high level and it has been decided that
to step up the PPI program considerably during 1999-2000, for reaching the
goal to zero incidence of Polio, four Pulse Polio days in the month of
October, November, December 1999 and January 2000 in the above 8 states
needs to be undertaken.
The main objective of program is that not a single
child should miss the immunisation and leaves any chance to Polio
occurrence.
One of the measures,
suggested and where we can play an important role for making PPI program
successful, is in locating children including the disabled, who had not
been immunized in earlier programs, through house to house search. As the
Ministry of SJ&E has also been requested to make the proposed PPI
program successful, we request you to collaborate/coordinate in
whatever/wherever possible manner with the PPI program in your region. You
may contact the nearest Health unit/office through district administration
in this regard to extend your support.
Being an active
organisation, you may generate social mobilization to ensure full coverage
of all children including the disabled one, residing in your area of
operation.
We would, therefore,
request you to extend your all cooperation to make the program a real
success by getting all children (aged below 5 years) immunized on the
Pulse Polio Days in your area.
Your this endeavor will be
a real investment in eradication of Polio a commonest dreaded locomotor
disability. |
1999. The " National Institute for the
Orthopaedically Handicapped "
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