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National Vaccination Day: Date, History and Significance of the dayIndia annually celebrates National Immunization Day on 16 March to raise awareness of the value of immunisation.16 Mar, 2023, 12.07 PM IST- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates $1.2 billion for polio eradicationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $1.2 billion for the global eradication of polio, which is still cropping up in Pakistan and Af...17 Oct, 2022, 06.02 PM IST
- India remains polio free, all vaccines used in government immunisation prog safe: UNICEF, WHOThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived polio...11 Oct, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
- Uttar Pradesh recalls contaminated polio vaccineIn April 2016, after due recommendations from Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India decided to switch from the trivalent to bivalent v...05 Oct, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
- UN Chief Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attack near polio centre in PakistanThe attack close to the premises of a polio eradication centre in Balochistan's capital Quetta, killed at least 15 people and injured 20 ot...14 Jan, 2016, 10.25 AM IST
- 15 killed in bomb blast outside polio centre in PakistanToday is the third day of a three-day anti-polio campaign which was launched in Quetta and other districts of Balochistan on Monday.13 Jan, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
- Injectable vaccine to prevent re-emergence of polio launchedHealth Minister JP Nadda said that though India was certified polio-free on March 27, 2014, the battle against polio is not over yet.30 Nov, 2015, 01.42 PM IST
- Pakistan aims to completely eradicate polio by next yearPM Nawaz Sharif has set up a National Routine Immunisation Committee of the federal cabinet to prepare a strategy to permanently eradicate ...08 Aug, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
- Government proposes to introduce IPV in its polio programmeIPV is to be given as an additional dose at 14th week along with DPT3 and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV3), Health Minister JP Nadda said.08 May, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
- WHO using Indian polio network to support Mission IndradhanushMission Indradhanush aims to cover by 2020 all such children, who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine...03 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
- Pakistan cancels 2015's first anti-polio campaignThe target of the SIAD campaign, which had to be held in the high-risk union councils of 54 districts, was to vaccinate 8.5 million childre...05 Jan, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
- Pakistan accounts for 80 per cent of polio cases globally: WHOThe World Health Organisation in its progress report held Pakistan responsible for failing to curb the surge in polio cases.17 Oct, 2014, 02.28 PM IST
- CIA to stop using vaccination programmes as cover for spyingThe newly CIA policy mandates that it won't use vaccination programmes as part of its spy operations, according to senior Obama administrat...20 May, 2014, 06.09 PM IST
- Harsh Vardhan writes to Bill Gates, lauds support for anti-polio driveThe pulse polio programme was conceived and initiated in Delhi by Vardhan during his tenure as Health Minister in the BJP govt, between 199...11 Nov, 2013, 10.13 PM IST
- WHO praises Bihar immunisation driveWorld Health Organisation appreciated the successful implementation of health programmes, particularly anti-polio and immunisation campaign...17 Apr, 2013, 04.34 PM IST
- After Polio, India to eliminate Measles, Tetanus child deathsGhulam Nabi Azad said the lessons learnt from success of polio campaign could help eliminate measles-related child deaths and neonatal teta...26 Feb, 2012, 08.40 PM IST
- Amitabh Bachchan angry young man act effects a dip in polio casesAccording to UNICEF, only one case of polio was reported in India this year, as against 41 cases last year. In 2009, there were 741 cases.15 Dec, 2011, 04.26 PM IST
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