Even though India appears to have done fairly well in combatting polio by administering oral drops, the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a meeting scheduled this week is likely to deliberate on injectable option, in a bid to ensure complete elimination of the polio virus.

Recommended by the India Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on polio earlier in 2009, the crucial decision to switch over to injectable polio vaccine will have to be taken by India if the World Health Organisation (WHO) too endorses for the same, following the meeting of its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunisation this week.