This campaign was conducted simultaneously in all 14 local levels of the district, with the highest coverage in Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality at 94 percent and the lowest coverage in Jira Bhawani Rural Municipality at 78 percent.
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The cholera vaccination campaign has not been completely successful in Parsa. Despite the best efforts of the concerned bodies, the campaign has achieved only 84 percent coverage in the district. This means that 16 percent of the district's residents are still deprived of getting vaccinated.
The campaign, which was launched across the district since October 26, concluded on Sunday. Out of the total target of vaccinating 652,129 people, only 547,311 people have been vaccinated.
While this campaign was launched simultaneously in all 14 local levels of the district, the highest coverage was achieved in Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality at 94 percent and the lowest in Jira Bhawani Rural Municipality at 78 percent.
The coverage was achieved in Chhipaharamai Rural Municipality at 93 percent, in Bindawasini Rural Municipality at 91 percent, in Sakhuwaprasauni Rural Municipality at 88 percent, in Thori Rural Municipality at 86 percent, in Patervasugauli and Dhobini Rural Municipality at 85/85, in Parsagardhi Municipality at 84 percent, in Pokhariya Municipality at 83 percent, in Birgunj Metropolitan Municipality at 82 percent, in Kalikamai Rural Municipality at 81 percent, in Bahudarmai Municipality and Pakahamainpur Rural Municipality at 80/80 percent.
In Birgunj Metropolitan City, which has the largest population, only 226,166 people have been vaccinated against the target of 275,673 people.
The Ministry of Health and Population had requested the vaccine from the International Coordination Group on Immunization Management (ICG) to control the cholera outbreak in Birgunj. The campaign was conducted in Parsa and Bara under the leadership of the Family Welfare Division with the technical support of the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
The Euvicol-S vaccine is 82 percent effective two weeks after a single dose is administered. The vaccination campaign was launched after the cholera outbreak that has spread in various areas of Parsa, including Birgunj Metropolitan City, has not been completely controlled since last Bhadra 6. The vaccination campaign is believed to play an important role in protecting the residents of the affected areas from the disease and preventing the epidemic from spreading to other areas.
To make the campaign effective, 1,950 vaccination centers were established in 14 municipalities of the district. The centers included local municipality offices, ward offices, government and private hospitals, community and private schools, colleges, government offices, NGOs, temples, mosques, churches, monasteries, bus parks, Nepal-India border checkpoints and industrial factories. A total of 1,894 human resources, including 1,544 female health volunteers and 350 health workers, were mobilized for the campaign.
So far, 1,567 diarrhea and cholera patients in Birgunj metropolis have come to various hospitals in Birgunj for treatment, of which 227 have been confirmed to have cholera infection. Apart from this, 18 people have been confirmed to have cholera infection in Pokhariya municipality. Tests have not found cholera bacteria in water collected from various places in Birgunj. Even after almost 2 years, the source of infection has not been found.
The main reason for the campaign not being completely successful is the general public's apathy, said Raju Sah, head of the Health Division of Birgunj Metropolitan City. "Some educated and conscious people refused to get vaccinated," he said. "Some employees were also unable to get vaccinated due to their busy schedules."
