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Measles-rubella vaccination drive launched
Malkajgiri MP Ch Malla Reddy launched the measles- rubella campaign by releasing a mammoth balloon into the sky at St Peters Public School in the city on Thursday. The Lions Club of Telangana has pledged its support to the State government’s campaign for measles- rubella vaccination drive.
Secunderabad: Malkajgiri MP Ch Malla Reddy launched the measles- rubella campaign by releasing a mammoth balloon into the sky at St Peters Public School in the city on Thursday. The Lions Club of Telangana has pledged its support to the State government’s campaign for measles- rubella vaccination drive.
Secunderabad Cantonment Board CEO SVR Chandra Sekhar, former Director of International Association of Lions Clubs R Sunil Kumar, Lion Prof. V Gopal Reddy, Lion Multiple District Council Chairman and Lion K Govindraj, Project Chairman were present.
Speaking on the occasion, Malla Reddy lauded the efforts of the Lions Club in extending its support to the measles-rubella vaccination drive. He urged them to extend their support to the programme even in the rural areas.
In his speech, Sunil Kumar has disclosed that around 400 people, most of them children, were dying in the world every day due to measles. Measles could cause several complications, including brain damage, hearing loss and blindness, he added.
LCIF and Lions Club have promised to raise $ 30 million in support of the measles vaccination drive. Some 2,000 students of St. Peters Pbublic School were vaccinated on the occasion.
