‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign for door-to-door Covid vaccination’
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI):
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign will be launched over the next one month for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination in poor performing districts to enthuse and motivate people towards full vaccination against the deadly infection.
No district should be without full vaccination, he said during a national review meeting with health ministers of various states and Union territories (UTs), according to a statement by the health ministry.
Har Ghar Dastak campaign to start soon in the poor performing districts to enthuse and motivate people towards full Covid vaccination. Let us aim to cover all eligible with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by end-November 2021,” he said.
Mandaviya suggested states/UTs to initiate the campaign on November 2 on the occasion of Dhanwantri Jayanti.
Around 48 districts have been identified where the first dose coverage among eligible beneficiaries is less than 50 per cent.
Highlighting the need to accelerate the pace and coverage of vaccination, he stated that there are more than 10.34 crore people in the country who have not taken the second dose after the expiry of the prescribed interval.
The health minister also said that adequate vaccine doses are available in the country, and more than 12 crore balance unulitised doses are available with the states/UTs for administering.
The state health ministers were requested to ensure continuous oversight on progress of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Mandaviya urged the states/UTs to make regional and local level plans with all stakeholders to reduce number of people with vaccination overdue. He also urged for innovative strategies to encourage them to achieve their targets to review the planning and execution of district-wise plans for coverage of due beneficiaries of seciond dose as available on CoWIN portal, the statement stated.
Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar was also present during the meeting. Health ministers of states/UTs who participated in the meeting were Alo Libang (Arunachal Pradesh), Keshab Mahanta (Assam), Mangal Pandey (Bihar), T S Singhdeo (Chhattisgarh), Satyendra Jain (Delhi), Rushikesh Patel (Gujarat), Dr Narrotam Mishra (Home Minister Madhya Pradesh), Dr Mani Kumar Sharma (Sikkim), M A Subramanian (Tamil Nadu), Jai Pratap Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Dhan Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand), Dr Subhash Garg (Rajasthan) and Banna Gupta (Jharkhand). State officials along with mission directors (NHM) from other states/UTs were also present.
