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WHO Urges Israel To Allow Aid Access To Gaza Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Amid the chaos, WHO and its partners launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign on Monday, aiming to immunise over half a million children, Xinhua news agency reported.
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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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12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra
In a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, about 700 km from state capital Mumbai, an official said on Monday.
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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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3-Day Nationwide Polio Immunisation Drive From January 17: Harsh Vardhan
A three-day national immunisation drive for polio will begin in the country on January 17, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday.
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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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India Not Affected By Global Shortage Of Polio Vaccine: Government
The global shortage of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), caused due to failure of WHO to scale up its supply, has not affected India, the Centre said on Friday as it dismissed reports of short-supply of the vaccine to states under its 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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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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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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Nigeria Makes Final Push to Stamp Out Polio
Health workers move from door to door in the rural Sumaila district of Kano state, northern Nigeria, administering oral polio vaccines to children under five.
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Pakistan Polio Cases at 14-Year High After Threats
The number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan has leapt to its highest level in 14 years after attacks on immunisation teams led to a surge in incidences of the disease, health authorities said.
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WHO Urges Israel To Allow Aid Access To Gaza Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Amid the chaos, WHO and its partners launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign on Monday, aiming to immunise over half a million children, Xinhua news agency reported.
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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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12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra
In a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, about 700 km from state capital Mumbai, an official said on Monday.
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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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3-Day Nationwide Polio Immunisation Drive From January 17: Harsh Vardhan
A three-day national immunisation drive for polio will begin in the country on January 17, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday.
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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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India Not Affected By Global Shortage Of Polio Vaccine: Government
The global shortage of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), caused due to failure of WHO to scale up its supply, has not affected India, the Centre said on Friday as it dismissed reports of short-supply of the vaccine to states under its 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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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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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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Nigeria Makes Final Push to Stamp Out Polio
Health workers move from door to door in the rural Sumaila district of Kano state, northern Nigeria, administering oral polio vaccines to children under five.
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Pakistan Polio Cases at 14-Year High After Threats
The number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan has leapt to its highest level in 14 years after attacks on immunisation teams led to a surge in incidences of the disease, health authorities said.
