The pulse polio immunization drive kicked off inAssam with a goal to cover about 48.4 lakh children below five years of age this year, which is around 10% of Assams total Population.
As a part of this drive to cover all 34 districts of Assam, the targeted children will be immunized with the support of 10,854 Health workers. A total of 24,060 booths were planned to execute the task.
Early in the day, Mahanta inaugurated the drive in Assam by administering two polio drops to a child at Jakhalabandha primary health centre in central Assam. In Assam, total households to be visited by health care workers during house-to-house activity during this years pulse polio campaign is estimated to be 62 lakh.