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Opinion | India's 10 Years As A Polio-Free Nation
This year marks a decade of a polio-free India - one of the country's most profound public health achievements to date.
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First Polio Sub-National Vaccine Campaign Begins Today: All You Need To Know
Polio Vaccine Campaign: The first Sub-National Immunization Day for 2022 for administering polio vaccine drops is being conducted from June 19 in 11 states and UTs.
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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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70 Lakh Kids To Get Polio Vaccination In Tamil Nadu
An estimated 70 lakh children in Tamil Nadu below the age of five years are to be covered under the annual national pulse polio immunisation drive that is being held in the state today and on February 21.
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In West Bengal, 114 children given hepatitis vaccine instead of polio drops
Sixty-seven children, all under five years of age, were rushed to hospital after it was discovered that they had been given the hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of anti-polio drops under the Pulse Polio programme in West Bengal yesterday.
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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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Bihar floods bring new worries about polio
India needs to make extraordinary efforts to immunise children against polio in Bihar, as massive flooding disrupts pulse polio drive in many parts of the state.
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Opinion | India's 10 Years As A Polio-Free Nation
This year marks a decade of a polio-free India - one of the country's most profound public health achievements to date.
-
First Polio Sub-National Vaccine Campaign Begins Today: All You Need To Know
Polio Vaccine Campaign: The first Sub-National Immunization Day for 2022 for administering polio vaccine drops is being conducted from June 19 in 11 states and UTs.
-
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.
-
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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70 Lakh Kids To Get Polio Vaccination In Tamil Nadu
An estimated 70 lakh children in Tamil Nadu below the age of five years are to be covered under the annual national pulse polio immunisation drive that is being held in the state today and on February 21.
-
In West Bengal, 114 children given hepatitis vaccine instead of polio drops
Sixty-seven children, all under five years of age, were rushed to hospital after it was discovered that they had been given the hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of anti-polio drops under the Pulse Polio programme in West Bengal yesterday.
-
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.
-
Bihar floods bring new worries about polio
India needs to make extraordinary efforts to immunise children against polio in Bihar, as massive flooding disrupts pulse polio drive in many parts of the state.
