Polio eradication in India: The journey so far

Pages: 784-786
Vinod Kumar, Pardeep Khanna and Garima Shivhare (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)
Mukesh Nagar (Senior Resident, AIIMS, Delhi)
Pooja (Medical Officer, HCMS)
Poonam Rani (Psychologist, Rohtak)

In 1985, there were estimated 2 lakh polio cases in the country in the wake of which polio vaccine was universalized and integrated in the universal immunization programme for administration across the country. In 1995, when pulse polio programme was launched, there were still an estimated 50,000 polio cases in the country. In 2005, the NPSP conducted independent verification of VE using field epidemiology, for the first time, and re-discovered that 3 doses of t OPV provided protection to no more than 30% of children against WPV types 1 and 3.