suggesion for free swine flu vaccination‏

POOR RESPONSE FOR THE SWINE FLU FREE VACCINATION PROGRAM- HOW TO IMPROVE




The Incidence of swine flu is more commonly reported in people living in urban

than rural living population.


In Tamil nadu the first and second out break of swine flu is not that much

severe and the swine flu infected patients number were very less in comparison with other states in India, due to prompt preventive measures taken by the Tamil Nadu Government. The death rate is also very less and that is less than 1% in our state and also now the spread of swine flu is very much reduced in out state.


Tamil Nadu government swine flu vaccination program with reduced rate, implemented in last month attracted mild to moderate response among people.


Now our government implements free swine flu vaccination to all the people who are holding the Kalaingar Kappitu Thittam (KKT) card. The response is also poor among them.


Compare to reduced rate vaccination acceptors in first 5 days we got less than 25% of response among KKT card holder in Trichy district for free swine flu vaccination.


The reason for the poor response to the free swine flu vaccination program and the remedies to improve is as follow.


1.

The incidence of swine flu is more in urban then rural area so to encourage the number of vaccinated persons all willing people can be given vaccine at free of cost in the centre as present state in every Medical College Hospital and District Head Quarters Hospitals.
2.

Most of the KKT card holders are located in the rural area then in urban area. If we want to create more vaccination in rural it can be corrected by providing Vaccine through PHC by mass vaccination program like pulse Polio. But the incidence of swine flu is not that much alarming. So this type of vaccination need not be implemented in our state.


3.

So finally the present free vaccination program can be carried out for all willing people in urban & rural along with KKT card holders in the vaccination centre situated in Medical College Hospital and District Head Quarters Hospitals.


For this at presents the supplied 25,000 doses of swine flu vaccination is enough in Trichy District because of poor response for paid and free swine flu vaccination.