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Temporary methods:

Spacing : Universal spacing programme was launched to create an awareness among young couples and to emphasise the importance and usefulness of spacing methods like copper-T, Nirodh and Oral Pill. The spacing methods are ideal for

• Mothers within the age of 25 years
• With one child or no child who wants to postpone the next child birth
• Women married under 18 years
• Under 2 year old children

IUDs are inserted, oral pill and Nirodh are issued in all the 93 Health Posts.

Permanent method :

• Vasectomy for Fathers
• Tubectomy for Mothers
• Puerperal Sterilisation
• MTP with Sterilisation
• Laproscopy Sterilisation

Sterilisation Operation is performed in 13 Corporation Centres Two 24 Hour Hospitals started functioning at Saidapet and Perumalpet from 19.7.2003 where Caesarean operations are performed.

Nutrition :

Pregnancy

• All Pregnant Women are registered before 12 weeks,
• 5 - 7 visits are given
• F.S.T. tablets are given to prevent prophylaxis against
• Nutritional Anaemia.

Other Services :

• Tetanus Toxoid 1st dose
• Blood Test
• Blood grouping
• Blood Sugar
• VDRL
• Urine, Albumin & Sugar
• Height, Weight, Blood Sugar
• Heart and Lungs examined
• High risk factors identified

Immunisation Programme:

Immunisation programme plays a vital role in controlling the Maternal mortality and infant mortality. The Programme was initiated as expanded programme of immunisation in 1978 which was changed to Universal Immunisation Programme in 1985 to cover 5 lakhs of population initially and later the entire City. In 1988 IPP-V was started with the goal of covering 95 % children for immunisation.

National Immunisation Schedule:

Though routine immunisation is carried out as per the schedule, there is a possibility for out break of Polio since no vaccine has 100 % efficacy, not all persons given OPV through the routine services will be protected against poliomyelitis.

Also children may be left unimmunised or partially immunised during the course of routine immunisation. All such children are susceptible to poliomyelitis. Epidemiologic evidence shows that infants born to mothers with antibodies are protected naturally against paralytic disease for about 6 months. Immunity is obtained through immunisation only.

Children under 5 years :

Extra dose of Polio in 2 Phases in a year

Growth Monitoring :

Height and weight of the children are monitored upto 5 years. Growth of the child is closely monitored.

National Pulse Polio Immunization Programme :

From the year 1995 when intiatives to eradicate Polio began India, the National Pulse Polio Immunization programme has made remarkable progress forwards stopping transmission of wild Polio virus.

To create awareness among the public the IEC Materials like posters, Hand bills, Stickers, Cloth Banners on Pulse Polio Immunization Camps were prepared and displayed throughout the city. Mobile Mike publicity through Autos were also carried out to cover the entire Chennai City. 

Polio cases reported in the City from 1987 are as follows:

All children infected with Polio virus can transmit the infection to other unimmunised children. Even when paralysis occurs due to Polio Virus infection, all children are not brought to Doctors, Hospitals, or Health facilities. This makes it difficult to make containment measures to prevent transmission of the Virus.
The only way to stop the circulation of virus is by replacing wild virus with protective vaccine virus by giving OPV doses to all the children on the same day during Pulse Polio Immunisation. Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign is the simultaneous administration of oral Polio Vaccine to all the children under 5 years on the same day or within a period of 2 or 3 days.
This is an extra dose of Polio which can be given to children under 5 years of age irrespective of the previous immunisation status at one month interval in 2 phases.
Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign was started from 1995 in 2 phases December and January.

Stress was laid to identity and cover the children of High Risk Areas :

• Areas with poor coverage
• Population in difficult terrain and inaccessible areas
• Certain groups not interested in vaccination
• Mobile population and tribes.

Though large number of children were covered during Pulse Polio Immunisation, a small proportion of Children was left uncovered. To cover this gap , a new strategy 'Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation ' Campaign was arrived at in 1999.
Due to the highest coverage through routine Immunisation Programme, implementation of National Immunisation Days and effective surveillance system, ' No Polio ' was reported from 1999 to 2002.

The achievement on Pulse Polio Immunisation from 1995 are furnished below:

Any case of AFP associated with wild Polio Virus isolation from the stool is classified as confirmed Polio. All AFP cases are followed on 60th day after the onset of paralysis and of the laboratory investigation.