By Bushra Baseerat HYDERABAD: The state health department has recorded an alarming 13 deaths in the 0-5 age group in the first five months of 2011, the highest in the corresponding period in last three years. The deaths were reported within 24 hours of the children being vaccinated, mostly after an oral polio vaccine was […]
OPV cannot eradicate polio from India: do we need any further evidence?
Paul Y. Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Paediatrics, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302023, India. dryashpaul2003@yahoo.com Abstract: Polio eradication programme was launched in India in 1995, and polio eradication was expected to occur by 2000. Remarkable decline in polio incidence occurred, but, polio was not eradicated. Majority of polio cases are occurring in two states viz., Uttar Pradesh […]
