jee. (PTI)
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday Jan 28,2017 launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised.
The drive is a part of the government's efforts to sustain polio eradication from the country.
Launching the programme on the eve of National Immunisation Day, Mukherjee administered polio drops to children less than five years old at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, who was also present, said: "Polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region, including India, is a huge accomplishment in the history of public health."
The World Health Organisation on March 27, 2014 declared India polio free. The last case of polio was reported on January 13, 2011 in the country.
Nadda said the risk of importation from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria -- three countries where the virus is still circulating -- still persisted.
The country needs to maintain the population immunity and sensitive surveillance till global polio eradication, the Health Minister said.
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