World Polio Day is a time to reflect on our journey, achievements, and the path forward.
State-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have been instructed to conduct stool tests of all immunity deficit children admitted there. Watch out for the symptoms of polio!
India and the entire WHO South-East Asia Region were officially declared as being polio-free on March 27, 2014.
Recently, Type 2 polio vaccine virus was found in some sewage and stool samples. The detection of Type 2 vaccine virus demonstrates a robust polio surveillance system jointly managed by the Health Ministry, WHO and partners.
How will Pakistan eliminate polio if the workers keep getting attacked?
'Polio-free status for Gujarat: Important milestone'
India's polio-free but we shouldn't get complacent
Pakistan the only South Asian country still struggling with polio!
India makes polio vaccination mandatory for travellers from polio-endemic countries
Polio-free India - 5 amazing facts about the journey that helped us eradicate polio
After polio-free India, Pranab Mukherjee wants universal health coverage
Congress celebrates polio-free India, BJP accuses it of forgetting its role
India's polio victory proves that nothing is impossible: WHO
India has been polio-free for three years!
India to be certified 'polio-free' by the WHO in february
Bill Gates applauds India’s victory against polio
India Gate, Red Fort lit up on World Polio Day
Are we really polio free? Suspected polio case in West Bengal!
India targets polio immunisation at boundaries to prevent re-entry
Once one of the most feared diseases worldwide which was responsible for paralysing many children, polio has been contained to a large extent. There are with only three epidemic regions left in the world Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. India, which only a decade ago accounted for most of the world's cases hasn't reported a new case in the last two years. A joint initiative between the WHO, various governments and multiple private partners, it represents the world's largest and most successful private-public partnership (PPP) initiative. The goal is to obviously eradicate the disease completely like rhinderpest and small pox. For that every last child must get the polio vaccine. Here are some facts about the polio eradication campaign:
11-month-child's polio death was rare case of low immunity
Child dies of polio in ‘polio-free India’
Child in Maharashtra's Beed district contracts vaccine derived polio virus
Vaccination at frontiers to make India polio-free
World Polio Day is a time to reflect on our journey, achievements, and the path forward.
State-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have been instructed to conduct stool tests of all immunity deficit children admitted there. Watch out for the symptoms of polio!
India and the entire WHO South-East Asia Region were officially declared as being polio-free on March 27, 2014.
Recently, Type 2 polio vaccine virus was found in some sewage and stool samples. The detection of Type 2 vaccine virus demonstrates a robust polio surveillance system jointly managed by the Health Ministry, WHO and partners.
How will Pakistan eliminate polio if the workers keep getting attacked?
'Polio-free status for Gujarat: Important milestone'
India's polio-free but we shouldn't get complacent
Pakistan the only South Asian country still struggling with polio!
India makes polio vaccination mandatory for travellers from polio-endemic countries
Polio-free India - 5 amazing facts about the journey that helped us eradicate polio
After polio-free India, Pranab Mukherjee wants universal health coverage
Congress celebrates polio-free India, BJP accuses it of forgetting its role
India's polio victory proves that nothing is impossible: WHO
India has been polio-free for three years!
India to be certified 'polio-free' by the WHO in february
Bill Gates applauds India’s victory against polio
India Gate, Red Fort lit up on World Polio Day
Are we really polio free? Suspected polio case in West Bengal!
India targets polio immunisation at boundaries to prevent re-entry
Once one of the most feared diseases worldwide which was responsible for paralysing many children, polio has been contained to a large extent. There are with only three epidemic regions left in the world Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. India, which only a decade ago accounted for most of the world's cases hasn't reported a new case in the last two years. A joint initiative between the WHO, various governments and multiple private partners, it represents the world's largest and most successful private-public partnership (PPP) initiative. The goal is to obviously eradicate the disease completely like rhinderpest and small pox. For that every last child must get the polio vaccine. Here are some facts about the polio eradication campaign:
11-month-child's polio death was rare case of low immunity
Child dies of polio in ‘polio-free India’
Child in Maharashtra's Beed district contracts vaccine derived polio virus
Vaccination at frontiers to make India polio-free
