TYPHOID VACCINATION PROGRAMME 2020 - MANMUL

 

MANDYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

TYPHOID VACCINATION PROGRAMME - 2020

 

Typhoid vaccination programme was organized by Department of Community Medicine, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya.

Venue: Mandya District Co-Operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited (MANMUL) Gejjalagere, Maddur Tq, Mandya district. The programme was conducted form 18^th November to 19th November 2020 for 2 days.  

Team of Community Medicine staff, tutors, postgraduate students, interns and nursing staff, led by Dr. P Subhas Babu, associate professor, Department of community medicine, MIMS and Dr. Jahnavi Rajagopal, assistant professor, Department of community medicine, MIMS, Mandya, visited Mandya District Co-Operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited Gejjalagere, Maddur Tq, Mandya district. Clinical examination was done on 310 workers. Typhoid vaccination was given for 204 workers out of 310 workers.

  

 General physical examination and blood pressure measurement

   

Systemic examination for eligibility and typhoid vaccination for all food handlers

 

Intramuscular Typhoid Vaccine was administered with aseptic precaution to all the eligible food Handlers and was observed for 20 minutes to watch for any adverse reaction. No adverse events was noticed in persons who received vaccine.

Population covered: All the food handlers at Mandya District Co-Operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited Gejjalagere, Maddur tq, Mandya district. The food handlers those were already vaccinated in previous year are excluded since they are protected from typhoid fever, but clinical examination was done for them also.