Polio Drops Current Affairs, GK & News
What is significance of finding of first case of polio in US in a decade?
Recently, the first case of Polio was reported in United States, nearly after a decade. An unvaccinated young adult from New York contracted polio and has developed paralysis. He developed symptoms around June 2022, even though he did not travel outside the country. Thus, it is likely that, he got contracted to vaccine-derived strain of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine • Oral Polio Vaccine • Polio • Polio cases in US • Polio Drops • Polio eradication
National Immunization Day observed in India
On January 19, 2020, the National Immunization Day (NID) was observed all over India as a part of Pulse Polio Programme, 2020. Around 17.4 crore children of age less than 5 hears were administered polio drops to sustain polio eradication in India. Highlights India has eradicated polio completely in 2012. In order to sustain the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine • national immunization day • Oral Polio Vaccine • Polio • Polio Drops • Polio eradication • Polio Free • Pulse Polio Immunization • Pulse Polio Programme • WHO
Pakistan to import polio markers from India
The Pakistan Government decided to import Polio markers from India recently. The Government had suspended the trade with New Delhi for months after abrogation of Article 370. Highlights There are three countries in the world where Polio is still endemic. It includes Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. As of December 2019, there have been 111 documented ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: India- Pakistan • Polio • Polio Drops • Polio eradication • Polio Free • Poliovirus
Medicine Labels in Regional Language
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that in order to curb fake, sub-standard and expired drugs drug names and expiry date during tendering will be in Hindi/regional language along with English. In the beginning, the proposal will be implemented for Iron tablets and polio drops as they are the drugs most commonly ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: CDSCO • Central Drugs Standard Control Organization • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • Drugs Technical Advisory Board • DTAB • English • Hindi • Iron tablets • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Polio Drops • regional language
Pulse Polio Program 2019
The government has launched the Pulse Polio Programme 2019. Under the programme, polio drops would be administered to children less than five years of age. Pulse Polio Program 2019 As part of the Pulse Polio Program 2019 more than 17 crore children of less than five years across the country will be administered polio drops. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Gujarat • injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine • Polio Drops • Polio Free • Poliovirus • Pulse Polio Programme • Pulse Polio Programme 2019 • West Bengal