What is the Plus in Polio Plus?
What is the Plus in Polio Plus?
The ‘plus’ is something else that is provided as a part of the polio eradication campaign. It might be a hand-operated tricycle or access to water. It might be additional medical treatment, bed nets, or soap.
When was the Polio Plus program first introduced?
1995: Govt. of India launches its first nationwide polio campaign – NID (National Immunization Day), immunizing 88 million children in the age group of 0–3 years. 1996: NIDs conducted covering children up to the age of five years.
Why Polio Plus?
Thousands of Rotarians around the world have volunteered during National Immunization Days to immunize children. The PolioPlus program helps Rotary fund operational costs, such as transportation, vaccine delivery, social mobilization, and training of health workers, and support surveillance activities.
When did Rotary start polio eradication?
Rotary was a pioneer in the fight against polio and started efforts in 1978 with a very ambitious goal to reach a polio-free world. Rotarians have upheld the Region over the most challenging times, including financial and political crises.
Who started end polio?
The roots of Rotary’s polio eradication efforts When James L. Bomar Jr., then RI president, put the first drops of vaccine into a child’s mouth, he ceremonially launched the Philippine poliomyelitis immunization effort. Rotary’s first Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant project was underway.
Is polio still in India?
Within two decades, India received ‘Polio-free certification’ from World Health Organization on the 27 March 2014, with the last polio case being reported in Howrah in West Bengal on 13 January 2011.
Who founded Gpei?
Rotary International
Rotary International launched a global effort to immunize the world’s children against polio in 1985 followed by the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. When the GPEI started, polio paralysed more than 1000 children worldwide every day.