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Over 1.58 Lakh Children, 746 Booths: Gandhinagar Deploys Mega Health Network For Pulse Polio Campaign
More than 1.58 lakh children in Gandhinagar district will be administered polio drops on June 28 as part of the Pulse Polio National Immunisation Campaign, with authorities deploying thousands of health workers, hundreds of booths, and special outreach teams to ensure complete coverage.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Pulse Polio Programme
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised. The drive is a part of the government's efforts to sustain polio eradication from the country.
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Pakistan Committed to Eradicate Polio: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan is committed to make the world polio-free, the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said.
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Pakistan Sees Major Drop in Polio Cases
Pakistan has seen a major fall in polio cases this year, officials said today, as a military operation has allowed vaccinators to reach areas previously off-limits because of militant attacks.
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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UN in Syria Vaccination Drive Against Childhood Killer
The United Nations called for help on Tuesday to vaccinate 765,000 Syrian toddlers against polio, in a bid to prevent a resurgence of the childhood killer across the restive Middle East.
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Gunmen kidnap six-member polio team in Pakistan
Masked gunmen kidnapped a six-member polio vaccination team - a doctor, two local employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and three guards - in northwest Pakistan on Monday, an official said.
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India completes three years without polio
India has completed three years without polio, a landmark achievement which would pave the way for a polio-free certification from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the health ministry on Monday said.
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India defeats polio, global eradication efforts advance
India marks three years since its last reported polio case on Monday, meaning it will soon be certified as having defeated the ancient scourge in a huge advance for global eradication efforts.
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Amitabh Bachchan proud of polio-free India, hopes for women's emancipation
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador for Polio eradication, is proud that the country has rid itself of the virus.
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Bihar woman to be honoured by UN for work to eradicate polio
A Bihar woman health official is set to share stage with Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in her country Pakistan, in New York next month, officials on Thursday said.
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Beti B gets her polio drops in Big B's presence
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said that his granddaughter was given polio drops Tuesday in his presence.
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A year of no polio: India triumphs
India has reason to smile on the polio front, especially on January 13. Not only will it achieve a big milestone of no new case for a year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove it from its list of polio endemic countries by February.
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Over 1.58 Lakh Children, 746 Booths: Gandhinagar Deploys Mega Health Network For Pulse Polio Campaign
More than 1.58 lakh children in Gandhinagar district will be administered polio drops on June 28 as part of the Pulse Polio National Immunisation Campaign, with authorities deploying thousands of health workers, hundreds of booths, and special outreach teams to ensure complete coverage.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Pulse Polio Programme
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised. The drive is a part of the government's efforts to sustain polio eradication from the country.
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Pakistan Committed to Eradicate Polio: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan is committed to make the world polio-free, the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said.
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Pakistan Sees Major Drop in Polio Cases
Pakistan has seen a major fall in polio cases this year, officials said today, as a military operation has allowed vaccinators to reach areas previously off-limits because of militant attacks.
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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UN in Syria Vaccination Drive Against Childhood Killer
The United Nations called for help on Tuesday to vaccinate 765,000 Syrian toddlers against polio, in a bid to prevent a resurgence of the childhood killer across the restive Middle East.
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Gunmen kidnap six-member polio team in Pakistan
Masked gunmen kidnapped a six-member polio vaccination team - a doctor, two local employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and three guards - in northwest Pakistan on Monday, an official said.
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India completes three years without polio
India has completed three years without polio, a landmark achievement which would pave the way for a polio-free certification from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the health ministry on Monday said.
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India defeats polio, global eradication efforts advance
India marks three years since its last reported polio case on Monday, meaning it will soon be certified as having defeated the ancient scourge in a huge advance for global eradication efforts.
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Amitabh Bachchan proud of polio-free India, hopes for women's emancipation
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador for Polio eradication, is proud that the country has rid itself of the virus.
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Bihar woman to be honoured by UN for work to eradicate polio
A Bihar woman health official is set to share stage with Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in her country Pakistan, in New York next month, officials on Thursday said.
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Beti B gets her polio drops in Big B's presence
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said that his granddaughter was given polio drops Tuesday in his presence.
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A year of no polio: India triumphs
India has reason to smile on the polio front, especially on January 13. Not only will it achieve a big milestone of no new case for a year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove it from its list of polio endemic countries by February.
