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The first of the foot soldiers against polio were from TN [1]

Three men who spearheaded the movement to start mass vaccinationof children

At the Polio Summit in New Delhi this weekend, Rotarians would be celebrating the country's first polio-free year. They form the backbone of a movement that has resulted in polio immunisation programme becoming a routine in every State.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2012
R. Sujatha [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Polio [4], Vaccination [5], Children [6], Immunisation [7], Coimbatore (D) [8], Child Health [9], Health [10], Tamil Nadu [11]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
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