My Nephew(Het Trapasiya) Participated in 2nd round of state-wide pulse polio eradication campaign

Children polio vaccine.

The children and launched 2nd round of state-wide pulse polio eradication campaign. During this round, Polio vaccine will be administered to all the children of 0-5 year of age-group.

I appealed all the parents to take their children to the nearby polio booths to administer polio vaccine.

India was certified polio free last year and is part of the 11 countries of South-East Asia Region of WHO (along with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste) which are polio free.

President Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee launched the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme by administering polio drops to children at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

 Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel

Gujarat CM launches 2nd round of state-wide pulse polio eradication campaign

Pulse Polio Programme

With the global initiative of eradication of polio in 1988 following World Health Assembly resolution in 1988, Pulse Polio Immunization programme was launched in India in 1995. Children in the age group of 0-5 years administered polio drops during National and Sub-national immunization rounds (in high risk areas) every year. About 172 million children are immunized during each National Immunization Day (NID).

The last polio case in the country was reported from Howrah district of West Bengal with date of onset 13th January 2011. Thereafter no polio case has been reported in the country (25th May 2012).

WHO on 24th February 2012 removed India from the list of countries with active endemic wild polio virus transmission.

Objective :

The Pulse Polio Initiative was started with an objective of achieving hundred per cent coverage under Oral Polio Vaccine. It aimed to immunize children through improved social mobilization, plan mop-up operations in areas where poliovirus has almost disappeared and maintain high level of morale among the public.

India is polio-free ... 

 “I am amazed at the continued interest from Rotarians in protecting India from being re-infected by polio. This is one of the biggest groups we have taken over in years, which show that people are still really passionate about keeping this disease at bay.”