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What is the Pulse Polio Programme of Government of India? What is OPV? Why is it that India is yet to eradicate Polio?

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Pulse Polio: Launched in 1995-96, it is a mass immunisation programme aimed at eradicating the poliomyelitis virus from India. This programme has been undertaken with active cooperation from government agencies, NGOs, UNICEF, and CDC.

Key Objectives of Pulse Polio:

  • Not a single child should be missed.
  • High level of surveillance.
  • Reporting of any new case within 14 days.

To cover all the children below age 5, Polio booths are established throughout the country and volunteers are hired to administer the polio vaccine.

OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine): OPV is an attenuated vaccine, which is produced at a sub-physiological temperature by the passage of the virus through non-human cells. This produces spontaneous mutation in the viral genome. A single vial of OPV usually contains 10-20 doses.

India was declared a Polio free nation on 27th March 2014 as there were no new cases in the previous three years.

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