The countrywide Pulse
Polio Programme for 2021 began today. President Ram Nath Kovind launched
the programme on the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day by
administering polio drops to children less than five years old at
Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday. The day is also popularly known as Polio
Ravivar.
Speaking on the launch of the programme, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh
Vardhan said, Polio-free certification of the entire South-East Asia
Region of WHO including India on the 27th of March 2014 was a huge
accomplishment in the history of India and Global Public Health.
However, the Union Health Minister stressed on the need to remain
vigilant and maintain the population immunity against polio with
sensitive surveillance till global polio eradication happens. He said,
poliovirus is still circulating in other parts of the world including
our neighbouring countries which may re-infect us.
Dr Vardhan said, The Universal Immunization Programme is focusing on
protecting children from more diseases than ever before and has
introduced several new vaccines in the recent past. He said, to provide
additional protection to the children, the Government of India has also
introduced injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine into its routine
immunization program.
(With input from news agency language)
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