India has achieved the goal of polio eradication as no polio case has been reported for more than 11 years after the last case reported on 13th January 2011. There are 24 lakh vaccinators and 1.5 lakh supervisors involved in the successful implementation of the pulse polio programme. World Health Organisation on 24th February 2012 removed India from the list of countries with active endemic wild polio virus transmission. The South-East Asia region of WHO has been certified polio free.

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POLIO ERADICATION PULSE POLIO
PROGRAMME
-By Sam George

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INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES GLOBAL POLIO
ERADICATION
INITIATIVE
PROGRESS
STEPS TAKEN BY
INDIAN GOVT.

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INTRODUCTION
• With the global initiative of
eradication of polio in 1988
following World Health Assembly
resolution in 1988.
• Pulse Polio Immunization
programme was launched in 1995.

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TO BE CONT.
• Children in the age group of 0-5
years administered polio drops
during national and subnational
immunization rounds(in high risk
areas) every year.
• Around 17.4 crore children of
less than 5 years across the
country are given polio drops
as part of the drive of govt. of
India to sustain polio
eradication from the country.
• The last polio case in the
country was reported
from Howrah district of
West Bengal with date of
onset 13th January 2011.

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CONTINUED
• Thereafter no polio case has been reported in the country.
• WHO on 24th February 2012 removed India from the list of countries
with active endemic Wild polio virus transmission.

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• To achieve 100% coverage under
oral polio vaccine programme.
• To immunize children through
improved social mobilization
,plan mop up operations in areas
where polio virus has almost
disappeared and maintain high
level of morale among the public.
OBJECTIVES

8. STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
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• Maintaining community immunity through high quality National and
sub national polio rounds each year.
• Environment surveillance (sewage sampling) have been established to
detect polio virus transmission.
• Emergency preparedness and response plan (EPRP) has also been
developed by all states indicating steps to be undertaken in case of
detection of a polio case.
• To reduce risk of importation from neighbouring countries,
international border vaccination is being provided through continuous
vaccination teams.
• Government of India has issued guidelines for mandatory requirement
of polio vaccination to all international travelers before their departure
from India to polio affected countries.

9. India has achieved the goal of
polio eradication as no polio
case
There are 24 Lakh
vaccinators and 1.5
Lakh supervisors
involved in the
successful
implementation of the
pulse polio
programme.
In report case has been
reported for more than 11
years after last case
reported on 13th January
2011.
World Health
Organisation on 24th
February 2012 removed
India from the list of
countries with active
endemic wild polio virus
transmission.
South-East Asia region of
WHO has been certified
polio free.
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PROGRESS

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YEAR CASES OF POLIO NO. OF DISTRICTS
2005 66 35
2006 676 114
2007 874 99
2008 559 90
2009 741 56
2010 42 17
2011 1 1
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0

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12. GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE (GPEI) 2022-2026
The global polio eradication initiative is a public-private partnership led by
national government with 6 partners:
• The World Health Organisation
• Rotary International
• The US center for disease control and prevention (CDC)
• The United Nations and International Children’s Emergency Fund
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• The vaccine Alliance.

13. MISSION OF GPEI
‘The goal of the global polio eradication
initiative is to ensure that no child anywhere
will ever again be paralyzed by any form of
polio virus.’

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