Question: When did the President launched countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2017?
(a) 28 January 2017
(b) 29 January 2017
(c) 30 January 2017
(d) 31 January 2017
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 28 January 2017; President of India Pranab Mukherjee launched the Pulse Polio programme for 2017 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old, at the Rahstrapati Bhawan.
- On 29 January 2017; the National Immunization Day is celebrated.
- Around 17 crore children of less than five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the drive of Government of India to sustain polio eradication from the country.
- Rotavirus virus vaccine has been introduced as part of the UIP in 2016.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon introduce Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.
- It will help to reduce the burden of diarrhea, pneumonia and meningitis, and a countrywide campaign with Measles-Rubella vaccine in phased manner.
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