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Himachal Pradesh

04 Mar 2024

Himachal Pradesh News: Health Department Continues Polio Campaign Amid Heavy Snowfall

14 Aug 2022

independence day Special 2001: भारत ने बनाया नया रिकॉर्ड, पिलाई 15 करोड़ बच्चों को पोलियो की खुराक

भारत ने इस साल ऐतिहासिक सफलता पाई, जहां अब तक की सबसे बड़ी टीकाकरण परियोजनाओं में से एक में भारत भर में 150 मिलियन बच्चों को पोलियो के खिलाफ प्रतिरक्षित किया गया. बता दें कि भारत ने विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन वैश्विक पोलियो उन्‍मूलन प्रयास के परिणामस्‍वरूप 1995 में पल्‍स पोलियो टीकाकरण कार्यक्रम आरंभ किया, इस कार्यक्रम के तहत 5 वर्ष से कम आयु के सभी बच्‍चों को पोलियो समाप्‍त होने तक हर वर्ष दिसम्‍बर और जनवरी माह में ओरल पोलियो टीके की दो खुराकें दी गई, ये अभियान सफल सिद्ध हुआ और भारत में पोलियोमाइलिटिस की दर में काफी कमी आई

22 May 2022

Wild Poliovirus: 1st case in 30 years, infected child experiencing paralysis

Wild poliovirus is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Polio is highly contagious, and mainly affects children under the age of five. There is no cure for polio, and it can only be prevented with vaccination.

08 Nov 2021

Taliban backs WHO, UNICEF's polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan

Polio has been virtually eliminated globally through a decades-long inoculation drive Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries in the world with endemic polio

Afghanistan crisis

22 Aug 2021

India to vaccinate Afghan returnees against polio, announces Mansukh Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said that the Afghan returnees will be vaccinated against polio. Union Health Minister said that the vaccination drive will be for free. It is done as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus.

02 Feb 2021

12 kids in Maharashtra administered hand sanitiser drops instead of polio dose

The incident reportedly took place at Bhanbora Primary Health Centre in Kapsikopri village on Sunday during the National Pulse Polio vaccination drive for children aged 1-5 years. The kids were then admitted to a government hospital and are said to be stable now.

Amitabh Bachchan

20 Aug 2019

Amitabh Bachchan reveals 75 percent of his liver is gone

The 76-year-old, who has been associated with various health campaigns like Polio, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis and diabetes, urged people to get tested and diagnosed.

29 Jul 2019

Number of polio cases reaches 47 in Pakistan

The majority of cases, 36, have been reported in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and its tribal districts.

Arpita Khan Sharma

04 Apr 2019

Arpita Khan Sharma calls out troll for demeaning her son

Recently, Arpita celebrated Ahil's third birthday with her father Salim Khan, and a video from the celebrations was uploaded on Instagram by the paparazzi.

19 Nov 2018

Pakistan polio team caught faking data, wasting vaccines

A team from the World Health Organisation caught vaccinators deputed at the permanent transit point (PTP) of Sabzi Mandi Mor.

Amitabh Bachchan

24 Oct 2018

Big B admires 'undying dedication' of anti-polio campaign workers

Big B, who has served as Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for the polio eradication campaign in India, took to his blog to laud the hard work.

Stephen Hawking

21 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking may have had polio, was misdiagnosed with ALS, claims expert

Stephen Hawking passed away in the early hours of March 14 at his Cambridge residence at the age of 76.

11 Mar 2018

Pulse polio drive second phase underway, over 3 lakh children to be immunised

The second phase of Pulse Polio immunisation camp is currently underway in several parts of the country.

19 Jan 2018

Terrorists kill mother, daughter working to eradicate polio

Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot dead a mother and her daughter who were part of a polio vaccination team in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province.

22 Sep 2017

Toddler dies half an hour after allegedly being administered polio drops in Ludhiana

Within half an hour, the child started frothing at the mouth and was rushed to Krishna Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

16 Aug 2017

Plant-based vaccines could help eradicate polio virus

The novel vaccine was produced with a method that uses virus-like particles (VLPs) -- non-pathogenic mimics of the polio virus which are grown in plants.

28 Apr 2017

As shortage of polio vaccine strikes world, WHO urges dose cut

The World Health Organization urged countries today to resort to smaller doses to ward off outbreaks of polio as there is a global shortage of the vaccine.

25 Apr 2017

Immunisation: How it greatly reduces disease, disability and death worldwide

Immunization can protect against 25 different infectious agents or diseases, from infancy to old age.

28 Jan 2017

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.

28 Jan 2017

President Pranab Mukherjee launches pulse polio immunization programme

The programme will cover 17 crore children aged under five years in an effort to maintain the country's 'polio-free' status.

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