News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sat, 26 Feb 2022 08:34 PM IST
Summary
Launching the National Immunization Campaign for the year 2022 in the Ministry of Health, he said that in the next few months, 150 million children under the age of five in the country will be given polio medicine.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says that the neighboring countries have not been able to become polio free so far. So India also needs to be vigilant and continue with its vaccination programme. He said that door-to-door drug delivery campaign would be launched to ensure that no one was left behind.
Launching the National Immunization Campaign for the year 2022 in the Ministry of Health, he said that in the next few months, 150 million children under the age of five in the country will be given polio medicine. The strategic fight against polio in the country has been successful. We need to be vigilant and ensure that all children below the age of five are administered the polio vaccine.
He said that the focus has been on Universal Immunization Campaign under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Due to this, pneumocal conjugate, rotavirus and measles-rubella vaccine are being given to protect the children of the country from other diseases as well.
Expansion
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says that the neighboring countries have not been able to become polio free so far. So India also needs to be vigilant and continue with its vaccination programme. He said that door-to-door drug delivery campaign would be launched to ensure that no one was left behind.
Launching the National Immunization Campaign for the year 2022 in the Ministry of Health, he said that in the next few months, 150 million children under the age of five in the country will be given polio medicine. The strategic fight against polio in the country has been successful. We need to be vigilant and ensure that all children below the age of five are administered the polio vaccine.
He said that the focus has been on Universal Immunization Campaign under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Due to this, pneumocal conjugate, rotavirus and measles-rubella vaccine are being given to protect the children of the country from other diseases as well.