Q. The vaccine used in pulse polio immunization campaign in India
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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.
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The Pulse Polio Initiative was started with an objective of achieving hundred per cent coverage under Oral Polio Vaccine.
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