‘Stop Diarrhoea campaign-2025' launched in Chittoor
The Intensified Diarrhoeal Control Fortnight (IDCF) is the nodal agency implementing the project.
Releasing the campaign posters at the Collectorate, Ms. Vidyadhari said that children under five are highly vulnerable to waterborne diseases, leading to fatalities. She directed the medical, paramedical staff, and the field staff of the ICDS to take up door-to-door surveys and list children in the target age group, besides initiating awareness campaigns from June 16 to July 31.
The In-charge Collector urged the parents to ensure that their children receive rotavirus vaccination. She directed medical officers of all the primary health centres, and Anganwadi centres to set up ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) corners.
'Any child with symptoms of diarrhoea should be given ORS and zinc tablets for 14 days to prevent a recurrence, and if needed should be immediately shifted to referral or higher medical institutions,' Ms. Vidyadhari said.
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