President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday launched the pulse polio immunisation programme for 2014 administering pulse polio drops to six small children. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who was also present at the function at Rashtrapti Bhavan pointed out that in this round of the polio campaign more than 17 crore children will be vaccinated an official release said here. It has been decided that any case of wild polio shall be treated as a public health emergency Azad said. (Read: Bill Gates applauds India’s victory against polio) He said India has not recorded even a single case of wild polio
