{"id":281907,"date":"2026-04-29T00:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281907"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:15:52","slug":"dibang-valley-strengthens-immunisation-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/dibang-valley-strengthens-immunisation-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Dibang Valley strengthens immunisation drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ANINI, 28 Apr:<\/strong> Dibang Valley DRCHO (i\/c) Dr Pokjum Rime highlighted the district&#8217;s commendable achievement of 94% full immunisation coverage, with measles-rubella (MR-1 and MR-2) coverage recorded at 94% and 91%,respectively, during a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner Bekir Nyorak here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deliberations also encompassed the progress of the Special Vaccination Campaign 4.0 and the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting was attended by ZPC Sadhu Mihu, along with departmental representatives and health functionaries, reflecting a unified resolve towards community wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the monsoon season on the horizon, renewed emphasis was laid on spreading awareness to prevent water-borne diseases, underscoring the importance of vigilance and preparedness at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While lauding the district&#8217;s achievements, the deputy commissioner called for elevating MR vaccine coverage to 95%, in alignment with the national goal of measles elimination by 2026. He further drew attention to the comparatively lower coverage of Td-10 and Td-16 vaccines and urged stronger collaboration with the Education Department to effectively reach school-going children. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANINI, 28 Apr: Dibang Valley DRCHO (i\/c) Dr Pokjum Rime highlighted the district&#8217;s commendable achievement of 94% full immunisation coverage, with measles-rubella (MR-1 and MR-2) coverage recorded at 94% and 91%,respectively, during a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner Bekir Nyorak here on Tuesday. The deliberations also encompassed the progress of the Special Vaccination Campaign 4.0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281920,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281907\/revisions\/281920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}