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India's Universal Immunisation Programme Sets Global Benchmark
From eradicating smallpox in 1977 to eliminating polio and neonatal tetanus, administering 200 crore COVID-19 doses, and now pursuing Measles-Rubella elimination — India's immunisation journey is one of verified, milestone-
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Pune's Serum Institute To Supply Polio Vaccine To Centre For Universal Immunisation
Pune's Serum Institute of India will start supplying Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) to the Union government for the Universal Immunisation Programme from this month, becoming the first Indian company to do so, official sources said today.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Pushes Polio Ravivar To January 31
The Union government has rescheduled the national polio vaccination programme from January 17 to January 31 in the wake of phase-I of the Covid-19 inoculation that rolls out in a few days. As is the tradition, the Polio Ravivar (Polio Sunday) drive will be flagged of by President Ramnath Kovind who will administer the "drops" to children at Rashtra...
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Anti-Polio Drive, Set To Start Day After Covid Vaccine Rollout, Deferred
The national polio immunisation programme, that covers all children in India under the age of 5, has been deferred "till further notice" by the Ministry of Health And Family Welfare.
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After Polio Vaccine Scare, Questions On Quality Checks
India's anti-polio programme got a jolt recently after it was found that some vaccines made by a Ghaziabad-based firm were found to contain the P2 virus strain. The company, BioMed, is one of the four domestic suppliers of polio vaccines to the government-run polio immunisation programme.
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To Keep India Polio-Free, How Government Is Strengthening Immunization Programme
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the pulse polio programme for 2017 by administering polio drops to children aged below five years at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The programme will cover 17 crore children aged under five years in an effort to maintain the country’s ‘polio-free’ status. Mr Mukherjee launched the countrywi...
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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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93,000 Children In Puducherry To Be Given Polio Drops
Around 93,000 children aged below five would be administered polio drops in the union territory under the two-round Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on January 27 and February 21.
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Over 17 crore kids get polio vaccine across India
Seventeen crore children aged under five were immunised on Sunday in a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, which did not report even a single new case of the disease during the last one year.
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India's Universal Immunisation Programme Sets Global Benchmark
From eradicating smallpox in 1977 to eliminating polio and neonatal tetanus, administering 200 crore COVID-19 doses, and now pursuing Measles-Rubella elimination — India's immunisation journey is one of verified, milestone-
-
Pune's Serum Institute To Supply Polio Vaccine To Centre For Universal Immunisation
Pune's Serum Institute of India will start supplying Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) to the Union government for the Universal Immunisation Programme from this month, becoming the first Indian company to do so, official sources said today.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Pushes Polio Ravivar To January 31
The Union government has rescheduled the national polio vaccination programme from January 17 to January 31 in the wake of phase-I of the Covid-19 inoculation that rolls out in a few days. As is the tradition, the Polio Ravivar (Polio Sunday) drive will be flagged of by President Ramnath Kovind who will administer the "drops" to children at Rashtra...
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Anti-Polio Drive, Set To Start Day After Covid Vaccine Rollout, Deferred
The national polio immunisation programme, that covers all children in India under the age of 5, has been deferred "till further notice" by the Ministry of Health And Family Welfare.
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After Polio Vaccine Scare, Questions On Quality Checks
India's anti-polio programme got a jolt recently after it was found that some vaccines made by a Ghaziabad-based firm were found to contain the P2 virus strain. The company, BioMed, is one of the four domestic suppliers of polio vaccines to the government-run polio immunisation programme.
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To Keep India Polio-Free, How Government Is Strengthening Immunization Programme
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the pulse polio programme for 2017 by administering polio drops to children aged below five years at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The programme will cover 17 crore children aged under five years in an effort to maintain the country’s ‘polio-free’ status. Mr Mukherjee launched the countrywi...
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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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93,000 Children In Puducherry To Be Given Polio Drops
Around 93,000 children aged below five would be administered polio drops in the union territory under the two-round Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on January 27 and February 21.
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Over 17 crore kids get polio vaccine across India
Seventeen crore children aged under five were immunised on Sunday in a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, which did not report even a single new case of the disease during the last one year.
