Rachakonda Commissionerate, in Hyderabad conducted a Vaccination drive Campaign for over 500 traffic police personnel on today at CAR, Police Headquarters, Amberpet, Hyderabad. The vaccination drive by Rachakonda Police Commissionerate was organized and supported by Bharat Biotech, United Ways of Hyderabad, and Nice Hospital.
The Chief Guest at the event, Shri. Sunpreet Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, L.B. Nagar, flagged off the vaccination drive in the presence of Dr. Jalachari Ella, Head- Corporate Strategy, Bharat Biotech, Ms. Rekha Srinivasan, CEO, United Way of Hyderabad, and Ms. Rakhi Nair, Program Officer, NICE Foundation. Also present at the event were, Additional DCP Mr. Manohar, Additional DCP Shankar, Additional DCP Shamir.
The purpose of the vaccination drive was solely to help the traffic police who are at risk to spend odd hours on the field to immunize them against typhoid infection. Despite honest efforts from the department, many times they end up having no access to safe water and food, while on duty. This puts them at risk for Typhoid infection.
In his address Shri. Sunpreet Singh, Chief Guest at the event said, “This is a great initiative, today with the help of Bharat Biotech, United Way of Hyderabad and Nice Foundation we vaccinated over 500 Rachakonda police staff,” Adding, when our policemen are at work they may consume contaminated water or food and are prone to Typhoid, I am happy they are now immunized against typhoid infection. He also divulged that he himself was twice infected with typhoid”.
In her address Dr. Jalachari Ella, Head- Corporate Strategy of Bharat Biotech said, “We are extremely pleased to have this opportunity to support this immunisation program. Bharat Biotech is focused on protecting people around the world against emerging diseases through vaccine and biotherapeutics, we are in the forefront of several CSR Program helping to address public health through partnership with foundations such as United Ways and NICE.”
Rekha Srinivasan, CEO, United Way of Hyderabad said, “we are excited to partner with Rachakonda police Commissionerate on this vaccination drive. We value our police service personnel and want to do our bit in protecting them. We are also happy to join hands with Bharat Biotech, the pioneers in developing vaccines that are accessible for the masses as well as with Nice Hospital in delivering them”.
“We are pleased to partner with the Rachakonda Commissionerate, Bharat biotech and United Ways of Hyderabad (UWH) to deliver the vaccine for the traffic personnel. We appreciate the honest efforts being done by Bharat Biotech to deliver quality healthcare through the immunization program. It is quite a task by the Police Commissionerate to mobilize the team, and we applaud their efforts. Rakhi Nair, Program Officer, Nice Foundation.
Bharat Biotech contributed to this campaign by offering the vaccine for immunisation against typhoid, called Typbar TVC®, it is the world’s first WHO prequalified vaccine. TCV is safe to be administered for the age group from 6 months-60 years.
Vaccination to all the traffic police personnel at Rachakonda Commissionerate will provide safety against Typhoid infection for at least a decade.
The Rachakonda Police shared this announcement and about the drive in their twitter handle.
#RachakondaPolice organized a typhoid AwarenessCamp& VaccinationDrive today @CARHQrs Amberpet.Over500 police personnel were immunized with a single dose of the innovative TypbarTCV®which offers lifelong immunity against typhoid.The drive was supported by #BharatBiotech #NiceHosp pic.twitter.com/YPLhlo2V66
— Rachakonda Police (@RachakondaCop) February 2, 2020
