MINGORA: Swat might introduce a mobile texting system to extend public awareness of widespread diseases, District Commissioner (DC) Farukh Ateeq aforementioned at a workshop on Wednesday.
Other measures for unwellness hindrance and rising immunization rates were mentioned within the meeting. The event was organized by Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) with the support of UNICEF.
Health consultants aforementioned immunization rates area unit directly associated with awareness levels of oldsters. Lack of understanding beside misunderstood spiritual beliefs in sure areas was mentioned to be the most reason behind refusal cases.
Immunisation for acute anterior poliomyelitis, tetanus, measles, TB, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis, infectious disease and respiratory disorder area unit administered to kids up to the age of 5 below the expanded Programme on immunization (EPI) within the country.
WE ARE WORKING ON A SYSTEM TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT VARIOUS DISEASE THROUGH SMS. WE ARE IN INITIAL STAGE OF COLLECTING ALL MOBILE NUMBER
“We got to forsaking of ancient approaches and target new and scientific ways that for simpler results,” the commissioner aforementioned. “We area unit functioning on a system to tell individuals regarding varied diseases through SMS. we have a tendency to area unit within the initial stage of collection all mobile numbers,” he added.
“Lack of awareness, spiritual constraints, restricted accessibility, lack of vaccines and workers result in varied fatal diseases,” aforementioned Sajjad Ahmad, a politician within the health project.
The participants shared the pre and post militance record of diseases amongst kids in Swat. “There were quite seventy,000 cases of acute anterior poliomyelitis and different vaccination refusal within the district throughout the rising,” aforementioned Dr Rehmat Elahi, the self-report inventory organiser in Swat. “However, as a result of continuous efforts of the self-report inventory groups and health departments we have a tendency to had solely sixty three refusal cases within the starting of this year, that we have a tendency to additionally with success circled.”
He aforementioned there area unit seventy three facilities offered within the entire district wherever vaccines for 9 diseases area unit administered freed from value.
Ijaz Ali, a representative of SRSP, aforementioned quite twelve,000 community organisations area unit being shaped which will interact twenty,000 of the youth similarly. “The community organisations and youth are accustomed set up awareness sessions relating to immunization to assist the govt. tackle the problem,” he said.
According to the self-report inventory workers, the campaign in Swat district is being conducted frequently within which woman medical experts (LHW) play a crucial role. “They take a lively half to administer vaccines in distant areas notwithstanding they need to pay from their own pocket. we have a tendency to totally support the district administration and can still facilitate them within the future,” Nasreen island, Assistant organizer of LHWs aforementioned..
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