Q. The vaccine used in pulse polio immunization campaign in India

A
Salk vaccine
B
DPT vaccine
C
Pentavalent vaccine
D
IPV and OPV(inactivated Polio Vaccine and Oral Polio Vaccine)
Solution:
  • In India, vaccination against polio started on 1985 with Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). By 1999, it covered around 60% of infants, giving three doses of OPV to each. The last reported cases of wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on 13 January 2011.

  • The Pulse Polio Initiative was started with an objective of achieving hundred per cent coverage under Oral Polio Vaccine.

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