Model Arshi Khan promotes polio immunization campaign on International Women’s Day
Model and actress Arshi Khan attended a polio immunization camp on the eve of Women’s Day at her home-town in Bhopal. The campaign was organized by local NGO and supported by the Health department of the UP State Government.
Pulse Polio is an immunization campaign by the Government of India to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus. This project deals with the ways to fight poliomyelitis through a large scale immunization programme, co-operating with various international institutions, state governments and Non Governmental Organizations.
Arshi Khan exhorted all young mothers to get their kids vaccinated for polio and went door-to-door with officers and doctors of the health department and the Primary Health Centre. She visited over a 50 families promoting the message of Pulse Polio.
