Challenges ahead for Polio free India

  • Dr Yogesh sabde Professor of Community Medicine, R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
Keywords: Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), trivalent OPV (tOPV), Wild poliovirus (WPV)

Abstract

India has been officially removed from the list of Polio endemic countries a year ahead. It has been a long journey of many years from being Polio endemic to Polio free country. Still work has not been completed. There are many challenges we are still facing in this Polio free era.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2014.i01.15
Published: 2014-02-28
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sabde Y. Challenges ahead for Polio free India. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2014Feb.28 [cited 2024Nov.22];2(1):74-6. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/63
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