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India-WHO engages National Polio Surveillance Network for COVID-19
On April 16, 2020, India joined hands with World Health Organization to implement National Polio Surveillance Network to contain COVID-19. Along with COVID-19, the team will also be involved to support elimination of tuberculosis and other diseases. Highlights With National Polio Surveillance Project, India eliminated polio in 2014. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: awareness campaign • COVID-19 • Polio • Polio eradication • Pulse Polio Immunization • Rotary International • UNICEF • United Nations • WHO
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
Topics: India- Pakistan • Polio • Polio Drops • Polio eradication • Polio Free • Poliovirus
Malaysia records first polio case in 27 years
Malaysia has reported the first case of Polio in 27 years, when a three-month-old Malaysian infant boy was diagnosed with polio. The last polio case in Asia-Pacific country occurred in 1992, and in 2000, after which the country was declared polio-free. In this recent case, the child was confirmed to be infected with vaccine-derived poliovirus ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Malaysia • Philippines • Polio • Poliomyelitis • Poliovirus
2019 edition of World Polio Day (WPD)
The World Polio Day (WPD) is observed every year on 24th October by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its allied agencies to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. The day provides an opportunity to celebrate progress towards a polio-free world and the tireless ..
Topics: India National PolioPlus • Jonas Salk • Medical specialties • Medicine • Polio • Polio vaccine • Vaccination • Vaccine