Jaimod Thakur, Vaccination Officer at the District Health Office, Parsa, has informed that the campaign, which was resumed from Kartik 13, is becoming effective and an additional 3 percent have been vaccinated.
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After the preventive vaccination campaign against the cholera epidemic conducted before Chhath was not completely successful, the campaign has been conducted again in Parsa.
The campaign, which was re-launched on November 13, is becoming effective and an additional 3 percent have been vaccinated, informed Jaimod Thakur, Vaccination Officer of the District Health Office, Parsa. Earlier, the campaign was found to have covered only 84 percent. Currently, the coverage has increased by another 3 percent to 87 percent. Thakur claimed that the campaign will be extended for a few more days and 100 percent of the targeted district residents will be vaccinated.
During the campaign, only 547,311 people were vaccinated out of a total target of 652,129 people. The campaign was conducted simultaneously in all 14 local levels of the district, with the highest coverage of 94 percent in Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality and the lowest coverage of 78 percent in Jira Bhawani Rural Municipality.
93 percent success was achieved in Chhipaharamai Rural Municipality, 91 percent in Bindawasini Rural Municipality, 88 percent in Sakhuwaprasauni Rural Municipality, 86 percent in Thori Rural Municipality, 85/85 percent in Patervasugauli and Dhobini Rural Municipality, 84 percent in Parsagardhi Municipality, 83 percent in Pokhariya Municipality, and 82 percent in Birgunj Metropolitan City.
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. This 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 administering a single dose. The vaccination campaign was launched after the cholera outbreak that spread in various areas of Parsa, including Birgunj Metropolitan City, was not completely controlled since last Bhadra 6. The 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.
A total of 1,894 human resources, including 1,544 female health volunteers and 350 health workers, have been mobilized in the campaign.
So far, 1,567 diarrhea and cholera patients have come to various hospitals in Birgunj for treatment in Birgunj metropolis, of which 227 have been confirmed to be infected with cholera. In addition, 18 people have been confirmed to be infected with cholera in Pokhariya Municipality. Tests have not found cholera bacteria in water collected from various places in Birgunj. The source of the cholera outbreak in Birgunj has not been found yet.
