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  WHO delivers 1.2 million polio vaccine doses to Gaza after Israel agrees to 'humanitarian pauses'

  World | August 30, 2024 15:08 IST

  Israel and Hamas agreed to a three-day pause in different areas of the Gaza Strip as the WHO will begin its polio vaccination campaign on September 1. This came after a 10-month-old baby was infected with a mutated strain of the virus, the first confirmed case in 25 years.

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  Polio Day 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for every child

  Health | March 03, 2024 7:13 IST

  Celebrate Polio Day 2024 by learning about the 5 key benefits of the polio vaccine for safeguarding every child's health and future. Join the global effort to eradicate this debilitating disease once and for all.

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  Delhi: Pulse polio booths to be set up at 110 metro stations, says DMRC

  India | June 18, 2022 17:12 IST

  Officials said that the booths will be operated in coordination with St. John's Ambulance Brigade and Directorate of Family Welfare, Delhi government. 

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  Pulse Polio 2021: President launches countrywide programme. All you need to know about Polio Ravivar

  India | January 30, 2021 20:26 IST

  President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare.

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  National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled to January 31

  India | January 14, 2021 13:16 IST

  The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India. 

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  Unidentified gunmen shoot policeman escorting polio team in Pakistan dead

  World | April 23, 2019 13:00 IST

  Several school students in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province reportedly fell ill and were taken to hospital on Monday after being given anti-polio drops during a country-wide campaign aimed to administer anti-polio drops to 39 million children under five years of age.

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  President Pranab Mukherjee launches Pulse Polio Programme 2017

  India | January 28, 2017 18:32 IST

  President Pranab Mukherjee today launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 that aims to immunise about 17 crore children of less than five years age. The drive is a part of the government's efforts to

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  Pakistan's first polio campaign of 2015 cancelled

  World | January 05, 2015 12:24 IST

   Islamabad: Pakistan's first polio campaign of 2015, which was scheduled to be held from Monday, has been cancelled due to security reasons.The anti-polio drive was to begin in some areas of the Rawalpindi district, the

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  Big B's Angry Young Man Act Effects A Dip In Polio Cases

  India | December 15, 2011 16:08 IST

  Mumbai, Dec 15: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is elated that his angry young man act for the polio campaign has led to a decrease in the number of polio cases this year.Happy with the response to