‘Telangana village first to become COVID-resilient’

Five public health measures helped achieve status, say Project Madad members

Rajannapet village in Rajanna-Sircilla district has become the first ‘COVID-resilient’ village in the country, thanks to efforts of locals and healthcare workers (HCW), claimed members of Project Madad, adding that they have implemented five public health measures to achieve the status. Universal immunisation against COVID-19 was one of the measures. Project Madad is a voluntary group of doctors and professionals from India and the Indian diaspora who are working towards fighting the pandemic in their personal capacities. The five measures include active countering of COVID misinformation in vernacular language; empowerment and equipping of rural HCWs; innovative methods to encourage socially responsible behaviour and increase vaccine acceptance; targeted delivery of vaccines to achieve universal coverage; use of technology to address specific dimensions of the COVID challenge.