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Two municipalities and eight rural villages of Palpa have been announced to the district along with the declaration of completeness and sustainability.
For the first time in the country, Palpa district was declared a full vaccination district on February 13, 2070, and Lumbini province level full vaccination district was announced on August 31, 2079. Tuk Prasad Pokharel, Acting Head of Health Office Palpa informed that since four years Palpa full vaccination sustainability assurance has been announced. Netra Prasad Aryal, Health Administrator of Lumbini Province Health Directorate, presented a certificate of complete vaccination assurance and sustainability to District Vaccination Coordinating Committee Chief and District Coordinating Chief Tankanath Khanal. In the
announcement program, Minister of Health of Lumbini Province Khem Bahadur Saru said that Palpa district has been the first in Lumbini Province for two consecutive times. He said that Palpa district is ahead in terms of health. "The government has achieved more than the target in screening against non-communicable diseases," he said on a different occasion, "Palpa has been doing a good job in this too." He said that Palpa has achieved 108 percent of the target by screening 13,296 people.
Aryal, Health Administrator of Lumbini Province Health Directorate, said that the complete vaccination sustainability campaign will improve the health system, contribute to sustainable development, and support maternal and child health. In all 81 wards of all local levels, the target of children within one year from birth was 4 thousand 5 and the target of children between 12 years and 23 months was 3 thousand 899.
In the current fiscal year, the number of 15-month-old children from birth to 2 thousand 937 in the current financial year, it was found that none of the children in that age group had zero dose or dropped out. He said that the number of children from 16 to 59 months received from vaccination survey is 10 thousand 553, 6 children from 8 thousand 683 from 24 to 59 months who were found in the survey were found not to have dropped out.
Khanal, head of district coordination committee, said that after more than 95 percent of children were fully vaccinated in all 81 wards and 10 local levels of the district, the district became a fully vaccinated district. He said that by ensuring that all children between 16 to 59 months of age have received all the vaccinations within 15 months of age, the district has been declared fully vaccinated and sustainable.
The District Vaccination Coordinating Committee reaches all the wards in the district and monitors and verifies that the district has been fully vaccinated. According to the Health Office, when comparing the progress of the regular vaccination program in the last four financial years, the progress according to the target of full vaccination is low, the population growth rate is negative, the population of uninfected children does not match, and some children stay in India with their parents, some of the vaccinations are taken there and some are found to be exempt.
In order to increase vaccine access and consumption, vaccine coordination, cooperation and adoption will be further increased at the same level, the vaccination micro-plan will be made practical and effective within the first week of July. Survey and linelisting should be done from the month of February, the vaccination month of Baisakh should be observed in the month of Baisakh. Acting Chief Pokharel said that the office should pay attention to matters such as monitoring the vaccination card of children under 5 years of age at the time of school enrollment so that no child misses vaccination.
