NASHIK: The special drive undertaken by the district administration to carry out vaccination in tribal-dominated Peth taluka has started yielding good results.
The people, who were hesitant to take the vaccine and ran away on spotting vaccination teams, are now asking to be inoculated as all the government employees and officers stressed on the need for vaccination by organising special campaigns.
“Ever since the Sandeep Aher, the incident commander of disaster management authority, Peth/Dindori. started the campaign in which all government officials were asked to contribute to the drive, things have changed rapidly,” said Sandip Bhosle, the tehsildar of Peth taluka
As per the orders, the talathis, gram sevaks, sarpanch, primary and secondary teachers, Asha workers, booth level officers, police patils in Peth taluka were asked to join the vaccination campaign in their respective villages and urge people to take the vaccination.
“The campaign started from June 28, where one village in each of the six primary health centres (PHC), was targeted on daily basis. All the respective officials taking up the responsibilities in each village visited the residents and it resulted in increased participation of the beneficiaries,” said taluka health officer Dr Yogesh More.
The average vaccination in the taluka, which was around 450 per day, has jumped to more than 1,200 per day. Due to shortage of vaccine, the campaign was conducted only on five days and the number of beneficiaries vaccinated was 6,034.
“The average vaccination is the highest since the drive began,” said block development officer Namrata Jagtap.
