Polio

In short

new polio cases: At least 17 polio cases have surfaced in India, in the first four months of 2006, making it the second most polio-prone country in the world. The cases occurred in two states: 12 in

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060531

pp:

0

Tags:

Epidemics, Polio, Cement Industry, India, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh

Health

Fears of a revival

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar frustrate India's efforts at polio eradication after a missed WHO deadline.

LAST year the country recorded the least number of cases of the wild polio virus (WPV): 66 cases in 35 districts nationwide, the majority of which are in two pockets in Western Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The number was 134 the previous year in 43 districts.

Publication Date:

18/05/2006

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Polio, WHO

Health

Operational guide for pulse polio immunization in India

This revised version of the operational field guide on pulse polio immunization will provide practical guidelines to health administrators and planners at the state, district and sub district levels for performing NID/SNID operations. This includes recognizing gaps identified in the earlier IPPI rounds and undertaking corrective actions.

Publication Date:

22/02/2006

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Tags:

Polio, Immunisation, India, Children, Vaccination

Industry

Check the vaccine

Why are children developing polio even after inoculation?

Publication Date:

14/02/2005

Author(s): Yash Paul

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050215

pp:

0

Tags:

Immunisation, Vaccination, Polio

India

The wrong dose

India opted for the oral polio vaccine over the intravenous one; the choice hurts us till date

Publication Date:

29/09/2004

Author(s): T JACOB JOHN

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040930

pp:

0

Tags:

Vaccination, Polio, India

Climate Change

Polio outbreak'

New cases in Africa trigger alarm

Publication Date:

29/09/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040930

pp:

0

Tags:

Polio, Legislation, Africa

India

The jab jigsaw

Polio poser for India: what s the right remedy?

Publication Date:

14/06/2004

Author(s): Vibha Varshney

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040615

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Vaccination, Polio, India, Developing Countries

India

Ominous sign

Polio on comeback trail

Publication Date:

14/04/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Immunisation, Polio, Africa

Poverty

Reach the last person

Will that crippling scourge called polio be wiped out from the face of the earth by the end of this year? The World Health Organization WHO hopes so. But all its ambitions and that of the six governments it is working in tandem with will go to nough

Publication Date:

28/02/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040229

pp:

0

Tags:

Immunisation, Polio, Government Of India (GOI), WHO

India

How effective is the global polio eradication drive?

An optimistic note, about wiping out polio from the six afflicted countries, was to be sounded at a conference organised by the World Health Organisation in Geneva on January 15. Instead, the sudden re emergence of the disease in two African nations Ben

Publication Date:

14/02/2004

Author(s): Vibha Varshney

Source: Down to Earth

Tags: