Bihar Govt Offers Rs 2,000 For Vaccination Of Girl Child

Millions of lives are saved each day, thanks to vaccines. But to ensure that they do their work, it is important to follow a strict schedule. In one such initiative, the Bihar government will give parents of a girl child Rs 2,000 as monetary incentive if they get her covered under a two-year immunisation circle, reported TOI.

World Immunisation Week

On Friday, Dr N K Sinha, state immunization officer, attended a function to acknowledge the World Immunisation Week. He said that apart from ASHA workers, who get incentives, there was no incentive provided for immunization programme in the state. He said the state government was trying its best to meet the target of 90% immunization by December.

President of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)  Bihar, Dr Birendra Kumar Singh, said only sustained vaccination programmes would eliminate diseases like polio

According to him, in 2014, the Centre had launched Mission Indradhanush. It was followed by Intensified Mission Indradhanush in 2017. This was to reach out to all partially vaccinated and unvaccinated children and pregnant women in select districts across the country.

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