The International polio surveillance review team of World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its strong disapproval at the failure of the state government to fill up the vacant posts of district immunisation officers (DIOs) in majority of the 37 districts of the state.
The WHO team, which recently visted 12 districts of the state, Patna, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Nalanda, East Champaran, West Champaran, Gaya, Aurangabad, Rohtas, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani and Jehanabad, has informed the medical education and family welfare minister, Dr Shakeel Ahmad, that even in the districts where DIOs were posted ,they were not mobile. With a view to increasing the mobility of DIOs, the WHO has offered to supply vehicles provided the state government sends the relevant documents to Delhi after condemning the old vehicles.
