Haryana to launch diarrhoea control campaign this month

The Haryana Health Department will launch an intensive diarrhoea control campaign from July 15 to 30 under which ORS and zinc packets would be distributed to about 26.5 lakh children below five years of age across the state.

The decision was taken at a steering committee meeting of different state departments held here yesterday under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Health Department, Raja Sekhar Vundru.

Under this campaign, high risk areas such as construction sites, slums and far flung areas would be identified for the distribution of ORS and zinc packets, Vundru said, according to an official release.

A special inspection and monitoring plan would be framed for the campaign's success, he was quoted as saying.

Necessary directions have been issued to district steering committees so that no child was left out of the purview of the campaign, Vundru said.

He said duties of officers of other departments such as Panchayati Raj institutions, Women and Child Development and Education and Public Health Engineering were also fixed.

Those present in the meeting included Managing Director, National Health Mission, Haryana, Amneet P Kumar, Director of General Health Services, Dr Satish Agarwal, and several other senior officers of various departments.