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POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE

WIF, in collaboration with CORE- UNICEF, joined the intensive emergency response to the polio case of January 2011 in Howrah through community mobilizers with specific emphasis on Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) targeting resistant families leading to improved OPV coverage in 14 wards of Howrah Municipality.

Objective:

Target group: 0-5 years children covering all leaving none.

Activities:

Ward Level Task Force Meeting, Influential persons' meeting, Inter Personal Communication, Mother and Father's meeting, Polio class, school children rally, pre booth health camp, talking doll show, magic show, auto campaigning, mobilisers' training and workshop, polio booth day, house to house visit, XR/XS conversion, opening lock house, attending district municipal level task force, participation in vaccinators and mobilisers' reorientation training, meeting with partners NPSP, meeting with borough level medical officers, mosque announcement, booth inauguration by influential person, IEC distribution.

Achievements:

Quantitative-

Qualitative:

House to house marking Polio Rally

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