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Repeated pulse polio rounds affecting routine immunization: BMC [1]

Continuous pulse polio rounds is one of the reasons contributing to poor coverage under other immunization drives in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has admitted after a first ever random sample study on such drives. It has also stressed on improved coverage of immunization in the slums, where nearly 60 per cent of the city's population lives.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Vaccination [3], Child Health [4], Polio [5], Maharashtra [6]
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